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chipping at

chipping at is the present participle and gerund of chip at.

Meaning of chip at

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).

Questions about chipping at

What is chipping at the present participle and gerund of?
Chipping at is the present participle and gerund of chip at.

Words near chipping at in the dictionary

  1. Chippindale
  2. Chippindales
  3. chippiness
  4. chipping
  5. chipping and charging
  6. chipping at
  7. chipping away
  8. Chipping Barnet
  9. chipping bird
  10. chipping birds
  11. Chipping Campden

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chipping at (page history and authors); chip at (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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