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CHIPPING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of chipping something

Synonyms:

chip; chipping; splintering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb chip

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