chip at

tʃɪp æt

chipped atchipping at

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Definition of chip at - Reverso English Dictionary

Verbal expression

reductiongradually reduce or weaken something

She chipped at the workload over the weekend.

diminish

erode

reduce

craftsmanshipremove small pieces from a surface gradually

He chipped at the ice block with a pick.

chisel

erode

scrape

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Expressions with chip

chip away

remove small pieces from something

He chipped away the stone to shape the sculpture.

chip in

contribute money or effort to a cause

Everyone decided to chip in for the gift.

chip off

remove a small piece from something solid

He chipped off a piece of the old paint.

chip up

cause something to have chips or cracks

The vase was chipped up during the move.

chip away at

remove small pieces from something

He chipped away at the stone to create a sculpture.

chip off the old block

someone who closely resembles one of their parents in traits or behavior

He is a chip off the old block, just like his father.

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processor speed

technology

rate at which a computer chip runs instructions or operations

Examples of chip at in a sentence

They chipped at the debt little by little.
She chipped at the old paint to reveal the wood beneath.
The sculptor chipped at the marble to create a statue.

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French:diminuer, tailler, ...
German:abbauen, abmeißeln, ...
Italian:intaccare, ...
Spanish:reducir, picar, ...
Portuguese:diminuir, lascando, ...
Chinese:削减, 削, ...
Japanese:少しずつ減らす, 少しずつ削る, ...
Arabic:قَلَّلَ تَدْرِيجِيًّا, نَحَتَ, ...
Hebrew:לִכְרְסֹם בְּ־, לְסַתֵּת, ...
Russian:уменьшать, отколупывать, ...
Ukrainian:підточувати, відколювати, ...
Hindi:कम करना, तराशना, ...
Bengali:ধীরে ধীরে কমানো, ছোট ছোট অংশ অপসারণ করা, ...
Catalan:reduir, trencar, ...
Czech:ukrajovat, odsekávat, ...
Danish:reducere, hugge på, ...
Dutch:verminderen, beitelen, ...
Greek:μειώνω, σκάβω, ...
Hungarian:faragni, forgácsolni, ...
Khmer:កាត់បន្ថយបន្តិចម្តងៗ, កាត់ចោះបន្តិចម្តងៗ, ...
Korean:줄이다, 조각내다, ...
Persian:کاست, ضربه زد, ...
Polish:zmniejszać, odłupywać, ...
Portuguese (BR):diminuir, cincelar, ...
Romanian:a reduce treptat, a ciopli, ...
Swedish:minska, hugga, ...
Thai:ค่อยๆ ลด, สกัด, ...
Turkish:azaltmak, yontmak, ...
Vietnamese:giảm bớt, đục, ...

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