Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several small striped rodents of the genus Tamias, chiefly of North America.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of the hackee or chipping-squirrel of the United States, Tamias striatus, and of other species of the genus Tamias (which see).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A squirrel-like animal of the genus Tamias, sometimes called the
striped squirrel ,chipping squirrel ,ground squirrel ,hackee . The common species of the United States is theTamias striatus .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
squirrel -likerodent of the genusTamias , native mainly to North America. - verb To
speed up anaudio recording, especially asong , to make thevoices high-pitched.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia; has cheek pouches and a light and dark stripe running down the body
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"I think a chipmunk is the happiest, cheerfulest thing I know."
The Camp Fire Girls in the Woods, or Bessie King's First Council Fire 1914
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This little bucktoothed chipmunk is still pissed because his team lost the cold war.
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Another reason owners go the testing route is to uncover possible explanations for behaviors that might be inherited, such as herding people and other pets or rooting around in chipmunk or mole holes.
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When I see a headline about “designer mice “, I stop reading and amuse myself picturing mice with top hats and canes perfoming “Puttin’ on the Ritz” in chipmunk-like falsettos.
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Near the window where Spirit stood watching out, Kahlan called the chipmunk again.
Men Don't Leave Me 2010
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In between, I check on the chipmunk, which is now expiring sadly on the downstairs rug, "Ms. Spar wrote, later adding:" The chipmunk has died.
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In between, I check back on the chipmunk, which is now expiring sadly on the downstairs rug.
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Alex was leaning forward into the window in front of him like a cat watching a chipmunk, except that the chipmunk was the size of a city block.
The Whale Warriors Peter Heller 2007
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Alex was leaning forward into the window in front of him like a cat watching a chipmunk, except that the chipmunk was the size of a city block.
The Whale Warriors Peter Heller 2007
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So, if one wants to avoid a (potentially) awkward social interaction (to say nothing of a spoken cliche), one should avoid the expression — or develop a quaint alternative, such as, "Let's just call a chipmunk a chipmunk, shall we?"
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