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chip at

chip at verb: to argue with (someone); to nag, criticize, insult or tease (someone).

Verb

chip at (third-person singular simple present chips at, present participle chipping at, simple past and past participle chipped at)

  1. (dated, slang) To argue with (someone); to nag, criticize, insult or tease (someone).

Forms of chip at

third-person singular presentchips at
present participlechipping at
past participlechipped at
pastchipped at

Questions about chip at

What does chip at mean?
Chip at means to argue with (someone); to nag, criticize, insult or tease (someone).
What part of speech is chip at?
Chip at is a verb.
What is the past tense of chip at?
The past tense of chip at is chipped at.

Words near chip at in the dictionary

  1. Chiozzo
  2. chip
  3. chip and charge
  4. chip and gather
  5. chip and PIN
  6. chip at
  7. chip away
  8. chip bap
  9. chip baps
  10. chip barm
  11. chip barms

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