Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of cutting or knocking off in small pieces.
- noun The flying or breaking off in small pieces of the edges of pottery and porcelain.
- noun A chip; a piece cut off or separated by a cutting or engraving instrument or by a blow; a fragment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A chip; a piece separated by a cutting or graving instrument; a fragment.
- noun The act or process of cutting or breaking off small pieces, as in dressing iron with a chisel, or reducing a timber or block of stone to shape.
- noun The breaking off in small pieces of the edges of potter's ware, porcelain, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
chip . - noun A
fragment broken off of a larger material - noun The act of breaking something into small fragments, or of removing fragments from pottery etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of chipping something
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Examples
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We still have much work to do in chipping away at barriers to development caused by ignorance or lack of awareness.
Global Voices in English » Global Voices + Conversations for a Better World 2009
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It is whether the five Republican appointees on the Court are interested in chipping away at it, or whether they'd prefer to avoid that confrontation with the administration and the Democrats.
Wonkbook: Health-care challenge boosted; helping homeowners; House looks at Social Security supplement Ezra Klein 2010
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The PC police are chipping away at our freedoms from one side and the protectionists are chipping from the other.
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In the meantime, the planner suggests that Gonzalez and Cruz increase their mortgage payments so they can begin chipping away at principal, not just interest.
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IF you are interested in chipping in, please hit the paypal button here:
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In order to get the plans, you have to agree to a click-through license that binds to you seeking any legal redress in a Queensland, Aus. courtroom -- the Queensland court having already ruled that mod-chipping is legal.
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Not unexpectedly, the other regions of our country are not especially interested in chipping in to solve a problem that does not affect them directly.
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The ridiculous notion is to pretend that we’re going to pay for it like it was a wedding present that we’re in chipping in to buy.
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She speaks slowly, deliberately, each word chipping out of her mouth like an ax striking wood.
THE HUSBANDS AND WIVES CLUB LAURIE ABRAHAM 2010
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But who ever dreamed of calling the chipping sparrow a fine singer?
Birds in the Bush Bradford Torrey 1877
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