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CHIPPING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chipping mean?
• CHIPPING (noun)
The noun CHIPPING has 1 sense:
1. the act of chipping something
Familiarity information: CHIPPING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of chipping something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
chip; chipping; splintering
Hypernyms ("chipping" is a kind of...):
break; breakage; breaking (the act of breaking something)
Derivation:
chip (break a small piece off from)
chip (break off (a piece from a whole))
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