chipping Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of chipping something
    chip; splintering.
  2. verb break off (a piece from a whole)
    break away; chip; chip off; break off; come off.
    • Her tooth chipped
  3. verb cut a nick into
    nick; chip.
  4. verb play a chip shot
    chip.
  5. verb form by chipping
    chip.
    • They chipped their names in the stone
  6. verb break a small piece off from
    knap; cut off; chip; break off.
    • chip the glass
    • chip a tooth

WordNet


Chip"ping noun
Definitions
  1. A chip; a piece separated by a cutting or graving instrument; a fragment.
  2. The act or process of cutting or breaking off small pieces, as in dressing iron with a chisel, or reducing a timber or block of stone to shape.
  3. The breaking off in small pieces of the edges of potter's ware, porcelain, etc.

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