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chipping

verb

present participle of chip

as in slicing

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The first murder is a girl slicing into her slumbering mother’s neck with a hacksaw; then her brother pounds his father’s face in with a baseball bat.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026
Wash and dry them well before slicing in half and removing the pit.

— Torie Cox, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2026

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Amid the rumblings of construction at nearby David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, the sound of a shrill whistle and chopping feet at the nearby Murfin Family Practice Fields signaled one thing.

— Christian Marshall, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
The sound of someone chopping vegetables came loudly from the kitchen.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of chopping

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Begin by mashing the garlic and a bit of salt with the flat side of a chef’s knife, then work in the basil in handfuls until finely chopped.

— Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 25 July 2026
The outrage last night over Bryson mashing down the wheat field behind his ball was hilarious.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026

Definition of mashing

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The banking business model is built atop an army of young analysts (and, in time, associates and VPs) grinding through deals.

— Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Every woman, child, and man alive was out here grinding all day every day except on Lincoln’s Birthday in death-trap packing plants controlled by a five-man syndicate called the Beef Trust.

— Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of grinding

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Their children — Graham (played at 12 by Noah Alexander Sosnowski and later at 17 by Gabriel Barbosa) and Ruth (played at 8 by Riley Chung and 13 by Emma Ho) — are at turns grating, nonsensical, and ill-defined like everything else in the film.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026
Known for having various sizes of holes on each side, the box grater is excellent for grating vegetables like zucchini, potatoes, and even savory fruits like tomatoes and cucumbers.

— Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Martha Stewart, 30 July 2026

Definition of grating

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