chipping

IPA: tʃˈɪpɪŋ

(countable) A fragment broken off a larger material.
(uncountable) The act of breaking something into small fragments, or of removing fragments from pottery etc.
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).
Obsolete form of Chepping Wycombe. [A civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Wycombe district.]

Examples of "chipping" in Sentences

But who ever dreamed of calling the chipping sparrow a fine singer?
IF you are interested in chipping in, please hit the paypal button here:
She speaks slowly, deliberately, each word chipping out of her mouth like an ax striking wood.
The PC police are chipping away at our freedoms from one side and the protectionists are chipping from the other.
We still have much work to do in chipping away at barriers to development caused by ignorance or lack of awareness.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.