chipping
/ˈtʃɪpɪŋ/
adjective
- Breaking or tending to break into small pieces.
- The chipping paint on the old barn needed to be scraped off.
- The chipping ice on the lake made walking dangerous.
- Be careful with that chipping stone; it can cut your hand.
noun
- The action of breaking off small pieces from a hard material.
- He spent the afternoon doing stone chipping to shape the sculpture.
- The constant chipping of the ice damaged the sidewalk.
- The chipping of the old paint revealed the wood underneath.
- Small pieces that have been broken off, often used in gardening or construction.
- We spread wood chipping around the flower beds to keep weeds down.
- The gardener used bark chipping to mulch the trees.
- The path was covered with rubber chipping from old tires.
- In golf, a short shot that lifts the ball into the air and lets it roll toward the hole.
- The coach taught us the basics of chipping from the rough.
- He made a perfect chipping shot that landed just next to the pin.
- Her chipping improved after she practiced with a wedge.