chipping

Definition of Chipping in English :

1. chip, chipping, splintering

the act of chipping something

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Chipping

noun

another name for chip (sense 1)

n.

1. A small broken or cut off piece, as of wood, stone, or glass.

2. A crack or flaw caused by the removal of a small piece.

3.

a. A small disk or counter used in poker and other games to represent money.

b. chips Slang Money.

5.

a. A thin, usually fried slice of food, especially a potato chip: ate chips with her sandwich.

b. A very small piece of food or candy: made cookies with chocolate chips.

c. chips Chiefly British French fries.

6. Wood, palm leaves, straw, or similar material cut and dried for weaving.

7. A fragment of dried animal dung used as fuel.

8. Something worthless.

9. Sports A chip shot.

v. chipped, chip·ping, chips

v. tr.

1. To chop or cut with an axe or other implement.

2.

a. To break a small piece from: chip a tooth.

b. To break or cut off (a small piece): chip ice from the window.

3. To shape or carve by cutting or chopping: chipped her name in the stone.

4. To implant a microchip in (an organism).

v. intr.

1. To become broken off into small pieces.

2. Sports To make a chip shot in golf.

intr.v. chipped, chip·ping, chips

To cheep, as a bird.