chipping
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See also: Chipping
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]chipping
- present participle and gerund of chip
Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle English chippyng, chippynge, equivalent to chip + -ing.
Noun
[edit]chipping (countable and uncountable, plural chippings)
- (countable) A fragment broken off a larger object.
- (uncountable) The act of breaking something into small fragments, or of removing fragments from pottery, etc.
Etymology 3
[edit]chipping from Old English cēping.
- A toponymic prefix used in a number of place names in England (e.g., Chipping Camden, Chipping Norton, Chipping Ongar). It was sometimes historically spelt Chepying.
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