chipping

present participle of chip

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for chipping
Verb
  • That’s because slicing okra into small pieces exposes more surface area, says Rice.
    Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 7 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • Meals are punctuated by the heavy thwack of Soto’s butcher knife chopping the meats against a large block of Sinaloan alamo wood, while music and TVs complete the din.
    Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Head was out in Hasan's next over, chopping on a delivery that was bowled from around the wicket as Australia slipped to 52-2.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The genre-mashing cult series starred Cole as Jughead Jones and filmed in Vancouver from 2016-2023.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Crofton Box Grater The classic Crofton Box Grater gives you multiple grating options in one compact kitchen tool.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Chipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chipping. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

More from Merriam-Webster on chipping

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster