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  • 1.4 Noun
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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:chipmunkWikipedia

Alternative forms

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• chipmuck (archaic)
• chitmunk (dated)

Etymology

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1832; alteration (influenced by chipping squirrel) of earlier chitmunk, from older Ojibwe ačitamo˙nˀ (“squirrels”) (modern ajidamoo), literally ‘those who descend headlong’, from ačit- (“headfirst, face-down”) (compare modern ajijibizo (“he falls headfirst”), ajidagoojin (“he hangs upside down”)). The English verb developed due to the high-pitched voices of the American puppet and cartoon chipmunks in the group Alvin and the Chipmunks, who later starred in a popular children's TV show in the 1980s.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪp.mʌŋk/, /ˈt͡ʃɪt.mʌŋk/, [ˈt̠͡ʃɪʔmʌŋk]

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: chip‧munk

Noun

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chipmunk (plural chipmunks)

1. Any of the subtribe Tamiina of small, striped rodents; they are found in North America, with the exception of the Siberian chipmunk which is found primarily in Asia.

Hypernyms

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• ground squirrel

Derived terms

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• chipmunklike
• chipmunk voice
• chipmunky
• common chipmunk
• hidden forest chipmunk
• Siberian chipmunk
• Uinta chipmunk

Descendants

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• → Kashubian: szczipniôk (Canada, United States)

Translations

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Abenaki: anikwses Armenian: շերտասկյուռ (šertaskyuṙ) Belarusian: бурунду́к m (burundúk) Bulgarian: бурунду́к m (burundúk) Buryat: жэрхи (žerxi) Cahuarano: sisill Cahuilla: sisill Catalan: esquirol llistat m Cherokee: ᎩᏳᎦ (giyuga) Cheyenne: néške'ēsta Chinese: Mandarin: 花栗鼠 (zh) (huālìshǔ) Choctaw: chinisa Chuvash: пӑрӑнтӑк (părănt̬ăk) Danish: jordegern n Dutch: wangzakeekhoorn (nl) m Esperanto: tamiaso Estonian: vöötorav Faroese: jarðaríkorni m Finnish: maaorava (fi), tikutaku (fi) French: tamia (fr) m, suisse (fr) m Georgian: ბურუნდუკი (burunduḳi), ციყვი (ciq̇vi) German: Streifenhörnchen (de) n Hawaiian: ʻakuiki Hungarian: csíkosmókus (hu) Icelandic: jarðíkorni m Irish: iora talún m Italian: tamia m Japanese: シマリス (ja) (shimarisu), 縞栗鼠 (ja) (しまりす, shimarisu) Khakas: кӧрік (körìk) Komi-Zyrian: орда (orda), визяорда (viźaorda) Korean: 다람쥐 (ko) (daramjwi) Latin: tamias Lithuanian: burundukas (lt) Mari: Eastern Mari: урымдо (urymdo) Western Mari: урымды (urymdy) Mi'kmaq: apalqaqamej anim, apalgaqamej anim, amalpaqamej anim Mohegan-Pequot: aniks Mongolian: Cyrillic: жирх (mn) (žirx) Mongolian: ᠵᠢᠷᠬᠡ (ǰirke) Nanai: улги (ulgi) Navajo: hazéítsʼósí Nivkh: тʼаӻр (tʼaġr), курӈай (kurŋaj) Northern Mansi: (please verify) косяр (kosâr) Ojibwe: agongos Polish: pręgowiec m Portuguese: tâmia (pt) f Romanian: veveriță dungată f Russian: бурунду́к (ru) m (burundúk) Scottish Gaelic: feòrag-stiallach f Spanish: ardilla listada f, tamia f, ardilla listeada f Swedish: jordekorre (sv) c Taos: kʼùoxwį́wna Tatar: борындык (tt) (borındıq) Thai: ชิปมังก์ Udmurt: урдо (urdo) Ukrainian: бурунду́к (uk) m (burundúk) Uzbek: burunduq Vietnamese: sóc chuột (vi) Welsh: gwiwer resog f

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To speed up (an audio recording, especially a song), to make the voices high-pitched.
   • 2005, Vibe, volume 13, number 10, page 232:The Dipset capo favors breezy, bass-heavy beats instead of chipmunked soul samples to celebrate the 'hood's favorite season.
2. (transitive) To fill (one's mouth or cheeks) with food.
   • 2006, Ryan Nerz, Eat This Book:Less than a minute to go and she's chewing almost viciously, her stuffed cheeks all chipmunked out like Dizzy Gillespie's in midsolo.
3. (transitive) To stuff (food) into one's mouth or cheeks, sometimes as part of competitive eating.
   • 2011, Robert Buettner, Orphan's Destiny:She chipmunked her breakfast into a porcelain cheek.

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