chipping

verb

present participle of chip
as in slicing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chipping
  1. slicing
  2. chopping
  3. mashing
  4. grinding
  5. grating
Verb
  • Use the excess parchment paper to lift them out of the pan before slicing.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The cutting board for slicing vegetables was near the handwashing sink.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of slicing
Verb
  • Jegadish clipped her smart phone to a headset and began chopping a carrot, her phone recording her every hand movement.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Williams-Sonoma spent most of the past year chopping between $165 and $220 with no real direction.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of chopping
Verb
  • None should be feared more than the slugging Junior Caminero, who will get MVP votes after mashing 42 homers.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • This is what a clever Fair food looks like, mashing classics together in a really simple way.
    — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of mashing
Verb
  • After grinding to Akon during their belly dancing date, Cam and Aneha find common ground around growing up in low-income families when their parents lost their jobs.
    — Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
  • While the left spent all week whining about Sophie Cunningham's hat and firing squad best practices, us PATRIOTS were biding our time, keeping our heads down, and grinding towards another weekend.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of grinding
Verb
  • Bears quarterback Caleb Williams celebrated that come-from-behind victory by grating cheese on the field, poking fun at Green Bay’s Cheesehead fan base.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Caleb Williams celebrated that come-from-behind victory by grating cheese on the field, poking fun at Green Bay's Cheesehead fan base.
    — Matt Zahn, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of grating
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“Chipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chipping. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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