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Webster 1913 Edition


Chipmunk

Chip′munkˊ

,
Noun.
[Indian name.]
(Zool.)
A squirrel-like animal of the genus
Tamias
, sometimes called the
striped squirrel
,
chipping squirrel
,
ground squirrel
,
hackee
. The common species of the United States is the
Tamias striatus
.
[Written also
chipmonk
,
chipmuck
, and
chipmuk
.]

Definition 2024


chipmunk

chipmunk

English

A chipmunk.

Noun

chipmunk (plural chipmunks)

  1. A squirrel-like rodent of the genus Tamias, native mainly to North America.

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Verb

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

  1. To speed up an audio recording, especially a song, to make the voices high-pitched.