chipping

Etymology 1

From chip + -ing.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of chip

Etymology 2

From Middle English chippyng, chippynge, equivalent to chip + -ing.

noun

  1. (countable) A fragment broken off a larger material.
  2. (uncountable) The act of breaking something into small fragments, or of removing fragments from pottery etc.

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