chipmunk
IPA: tʃˈɪpmʌŋk
noun
- A squirrel-like rodent of the genus Tamias, native mainly to North America.
verb
- (transitive) To speed up (an audio recording, especially a song), to make the voices high-pitched.
- (transitive) To fill (one's mouth or cheeks) with food.
- (transitive) To stuff (food) into one's mouth or cheeks, sometimes as part of competitive eating.
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Examples of "chipmunk" in Sentences
- "I think a chipmunk is the happiest, cheerfulest thing I know."
- Near the window where Spirit stood watching out, Kahlan called the chipmunk again.
- This little bucktoothed chipmunk is still pissed because his team lost the cold war.
- In between, I check back on the chipmunk, which is now expiring sadly on the downstairs rug.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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