Definitions

chipping

VERB

knock a piece out of

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chop crack hack nick splinter whack

STRONG

break chisel clip crumble damage flake fragment gash hackle hew incise notch shape shear slash slice sliver snick snip split whittle

WEAK

crack off cut away cut off

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fix mend

STRONG

build combine increase join put together

Example Sentences

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The government source said there had been "a lot of navel-gazing" about what Caerphilly means for Labour, including "people chipping in who didn't knock a door".

From BBC

Capsey was furious to throw her wicket away, chipping to mid-off having already been dropped on 28, but it was another stroke of tactical nous from Wolvaardt which put the nail in the coffin.

From BBC

Red Bull's Max Verstappen also remains very much in the hunt, still 36 points off the lead - but chipping away at that advantage.

From BBC

It’s led some analysts to wonder if Google’s application-specific integrated circuits are chipping into Nvidia’s stronghold in the market for AI semiconductors.

From MarketWatch

The snowball method is a way to motivate people by chipping away at the number of debts they owe, but paying down the highest rate first makes the most sense to me.

From MarketWatch