- chitmunk
- chit·munk
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chitmunk
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chitmunk — ˈchitˌməŋk dialect variant of chipmunk … Useful english dictionary
chipmunk — noun Etymology: alteration of earlier chitmunk, probably from Ojibwa ačitamo•nʔ red squirrel Date: 1832 any of a genus (Tamias) of small striped North American and Asian rodents of the squirrel family … New Collegiate Dictionary
Chipmunk — For other uses, see Chipmunk (disambiguation). Chipmunks Temporal range: Early Miocene to Recent Least chipmunk Scientific classification … Wikipedia
List of English words from indigenous languages of the Americas — This is a list of English language words borrowed from indigenous languages of the Americas, either directly or through intermediate European languages such as Spanish or French. † indicates a link to a definition of the word. It does not cover… … Wikipedia
chipmunk — /chip mungk/, n. any of several small, striped, terrestrial squirrels of the genera Tamias, of North America, and Eutamia, of Asia and North America, esp. T. striatus, of eastern North America. [1825 35, Amer.; assimilated var. of earlier… … Universalium
chipmunk — 1829 (also chitmunk, 1832), from Algonquian, probably Ojibwa ajidamoo (in the Ottawa dialect ajidamoonh) red squirrel, lit. one who descends trees headlong (containing ajid upside down ), probably influenced by English CHIP (Cf. chip) and MINK… … Etymology dictionary
chipmunk — chip•munk [[t]ˈtʃɪp mʌŋk[/t]] n. mam any small, striped North American and Asian ground squirrel of the genera Tamias and Eutamias[/ex] • Etymology: 1825–35, amer.; var. of chitmunk, appar. < Ojibwa ačitamo·nˀ red squirrel … From formal English to slang
chipmunk — /ˈtʃɪpmʌŋk / (say chipmungk) noun 1. any of various small striped terrestrial squirrels of the North American genus Tamias, and the Asian and American genus Eutamias, especially T. striatus of eastern North America. –verb (t) 2. to process (an… …
chip|munk — «CHIHP muhngk», noun. a small, striped rodent of North America; ground squirrel; chipping squirrel; chippy. It belongs to the same family as the squirrel. Also, chipmuck. ╂[American English < Canadian dialect chitmunk < Algonkian (probably… … Useful english dictionary
