chipmunk
Syllables: chip·munk/ˈt͡ʃɪp.mʌŋk/
chipmunk noun: any of certain the small, striped rodents, all found in North America, with the exception of the Siberian chipmunk, placed in the taxonomic subtribe Tamiina.
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Noun
chipmunk (plural chipmunks)
- Any of certain the small, striped rodents, all found in North America, with the exception of the Siberian chipmunk, placed in the taxonomic subtribe Tamiina.
Verb
chipmunk (third-person singular simple present chipmunks, present participle chipmunking, simple past and past participle chipmunked)
- To speed up (an audio recording, especially a song), to make the voices high-pitched.
- The Dipset capo favors breezy, bass-heavy beats instead of chipmunked soul samples to celebrate the 'hood's favorite season.2005, Vibe, volume 13, number 10, page 232
- To fill (one's mouth or cheeks) with food.
- Less than a minute to go and she's chewing almost viciously, her stuffed cheeks all chipmunked out like Dizzy Gillespie's in midsolo.2006, Ryan Nerz, Eat This Book
- To stuff (food) into one's mouth or cheeks, sometimes as part of competitive eating.
- She chipmunked her breakfast into a porcelain cheek.2011, Robert Buettner, Orphan's Destiny
chipmunk meaning in Tamil, Thai and Vietnamese
chipmunk in Tamil
- இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும்
chipmunk in Thai
- rodent
- ชิปมังก์
chipmunk in Vietnamese
- rodent
- sóc chuột
Forms of chipmunk
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | chipmunks |
| alternative form (obsolete) | chipmuck |
| alternative form (obsolete) | chitmunk |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | chipmunks |
| present participle | chipmunking |
| past participle | chipmunked |
| past | chipmunked |
Origin of chipmunk
1832; alteration (influenced by chipping squirrel) of earlier chitmunk, from older Ojibwe ačitamo˙nˀ (“squirrels”) (modern ajidamoo), literally ‘those who descend headlong’, from ačit- (“headfirst, face-down”) (compare modern ajijibizo (“he falls headfirst”), ajidagoojin (“he hangs upside down”)). The English verb developed due to the high-pitched voices of the American puppet and cartoon chipmunks in the group Alvin and the Chipmunks, who later starred in a popular children's TV show in the 1980s.
Words formed from chipmunk
Phrases with chipmunk
Questions about chipmunk
- What does chipmunk mean?
- Chipmunk means any of certain the small, striped rodents, all found in North America, with the exception of the Siberian chipmunk, placed in the taxonomic subtribe Tamiina.
- What is chipmunk in Tamil?
- Chipmunk in Tamil is இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும். See Chipmunk meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is chipmunk?
- Chipmunk can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce chipmunk?
- Chipmunk is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɪp.mʌŋk/.
- What is the plural of chipmunk?
- The plural of chipmunk is chipmunks.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chipmunk (page history and authors); chipmunk (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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