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chipmunking

chipmunking is the present participle and gerund of chipmunk.

Meaning of chipmunk

Verb

chipmunk (third-person singular simple present chipmunks, present participle chipmunking, simple past and past participle chipmunked)

  1. (transitive) 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
  2. (transitive) 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
  3. (transitive) 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

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Questions about chipmunking

What is chipmunking the present participle and gerund of?
Chipmunking is the present participle and gerund of chipmunk.

Words near chipmunking in the dictionary

  1. chipmucks
  2. chipmunk
  3. chipmunk voice
  4. chipmunk voices
  5. chipmunked
  6. chipmunking
  7. chipmunklike
  8. chipmunks
  9. chipmunky
  10. chipmusic
  11. chipolata

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