chipping

Definition of chippingnext
present participle of chip

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for chipping
Verb
  • As she was seen using the cupping-style tools, Frankel appeared to bleed after slicing her face with the device.
    Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Upstairs, Polish artist and designer Zofia Sobolewska Ursic is slicing white onyx into ribbons alongside the workshop’s master technicians.
    Sarah Medford, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In February, California's Department of Transportation (Caltrans) started chopping hundreds of trees to expand Highway 49 in Grass Valley from the McKnight Way interchange to Allison Ranch Road.
    Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Look for other accessories such as chopping cups and pitchers that attach to the hand blender, lids and whisks.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Often apologizing in between bites, Beard, 40, eats savagely with his hands, squeezing food and mashing it into his mouth.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Rice impressed last season, mashing 26 home runs and driving in 65 runs, but Bleacher Report's Joel Reuter thinks the 27-year-old is going to take it to a whole new level this season, boldly predicting Rice mashes 40 home runs this season.
    Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • An assortment of stone tools, including grinding slabs, mullers, pestles, and mortars, suggested that grain was processed on-site.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Until then, Kloza expects crude and product prices to keep grinding higher, punctuated by sharp swings on every headline.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • What stood out for me, however, was his total submission to the grating demands of retail politics.
    Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Indeed, its approach often veers from intriguing to grating at times.
    Charles Lewis III, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
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“Chipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chipping. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.

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