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Chip hatchip in
chip off
chip off the old block
chip on one's shoulder
chip shop
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Chip-ax
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chipboard
Chipewyan
chipmonk
chipmuck
chipmuk
chipolata
chipotle
Chipped
chipped beef
Chippendale
Chippendalism
chipper
Chippewa
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: a burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia; has cheek pouches and a light and dark stripe running down the body
Merriam Webster's
noun Etymology: alteration of earlier chitmunk, probably from Ojibwa a?itamo•n? red squirrel Date: 1832 any of a genus (Tamias) of small striped North American and Asian rodents of the squirrel family
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. any ground squirrel of the genus Tamias or Eutamias, having alternate light and dark stripes running down the body. Etymology: Algonquian
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Chipmunk Chip"munk`, n. [Indian name.] (Zo["o]l.) A squirrel-like animal of the genus Tamias, sometimes called the striped squirrel, chipping squirrel, ground squirrel, hackee. The common species of the United States is the Tamias striatus. [Written also chipmonk, chipmuck, and chipmuk.]
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
(chipmunks) A chipmunk is a small animal with a large furry tail and a striped back. N-COUNT
Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms
n. [Written also Chipmonk and Chipmuk.] Hackee, ground-squirrel, chipping-squirrel, striped-squirrel (Tamias Listeri).
