chipping

present participle of chip

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for chipping
Verb
  • Through its technology, the Polish startup wants to enable robots to perform human-like tasks, from opening a heavy door to slicing fruits and vegetables.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Rather than efficiently dicing and slicing your produce, a dull knife actually requires more force, which can cause you or someone else in your household to get hurt.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Chill the Snickers bars in the fridge for 15 to 30 minutes before chopping.
    Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The top streamer surprised supporters with an appearance from legendary hitmaker Mariah Carey as the two spent a fun evening chopping it up and entertaining his viewers together.
    Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There’s no time to get your bearings; an EDM drop smashes everything to pieces, then a pained voice croons in the rubble while drunkenly mashing a detuned guitar.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
  • That includes mashing three home runs in 24 games since returning to Lake Elsinore after missing more than two months to a left quad strain.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • To keep auditors happy without grinding delivery to a halt, generate evidence packs straight from your PLM and CI/CD pipelines.
    Ranganath Taware, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Big picture, the stock market has been grinding higher in a sturdy trend, though with some fatigue below the surface.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Even the normally surefire element of a score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, with its blasts of dissonance pumping up the squirm factor, adds to the heavy-going effect of a movie that seems to go out of its way to be grating.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
  • But watching their unfinished work sit among the swells is grating, Crowley said.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Chipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chipping. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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