chipping

/ˈt͡ʃɪpɪŋ/

chipping means A hamlet in Buckland parish, East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3532).

chipping is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɪpɪŋ/.

Etymology

From Old English ċīeping (“market, marketplace”). Compare Swedish köping ("market"). Chipping, Cheapside, and cheap all reflect ancestry from Old English ceapian, concerning trading in markets.

name

A hamlet in Buckland parish, East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3532).
A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6243).

noun

A fragment broken off a larger object.
The act of creating or producing chips, as by breaking something into small fragments, cutting potatoes, removing fragments from pottery, etc.

Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Words closest in meaning

By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.

chippage 79% match — A pattern of chipping, as seen in stone tools. vs chipping →
chipped 76% match — Having one or more chips (small pieces) missing. vs chipping →
chippable 69% match — Capable of being removed by chipping. vs chipping →
chiplike 69% match — Resembling or characteristic of a chip (fragment of stone etc.). vs chipping →
smither 67% match — A fragment, shard or small piece. vs chipping →
spall 65% match — A splinter, fragment or chip, especially of stone. vs chipping →
microchunk 65% match — A very small piece. vs chipping →
chunking 64% match — The process of reducing something to short, thick pieces, usually using a hammer or a crowbar. vs chipping →