noun

chipmunk

CHIHP-muhngk

noun

A small striped rodent found mostly in North America.

"A chipmunk darted across the trail and up a tree."

verb

To speed up a recording so voices sound high-pitched.

"The producer chipmunked the vocal for a comic effect."

How to Use Chipmunk

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA small, striped, tree-climbing rodent — also a verb for making a voice recording sound squeaky and sped-up.

Common pairings

chipmunk cheeks

chipmunked past tense, chipmunks plural, chipmunks singular

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A _____ darted across the trail and up a tree.

Originally chitmunk, from an Ojibwe word meaning roughly "those who descend headlong", later reshaped by influence from "chip".