Chipmunk Definition

chĭpmŭngk
chipmunks
noun
Any of two genera (Eutamias and Tamias) of small North American squirrels having striped markings on the head and back and living mainly on the ground.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb

To speed up an audio recording, especially a song, to make the voices high-pitched.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Chipmunk

Noun

Singular:
chipmunk
Plural:
chipmunks

Origin of Chipmunk

  • 1832; alteration (influenced by chipping squirrel) of earlier chitmunk, from older Ojibwe ačitamo˙nˀ (“squirrels”) (modern ajidamóóg), literally ‘those who descend headlong’, from ačit- (“headfirst, face-down”) (compare modern ajijibizo (“he falls headfirst”), ajidagoojin (“he hangs upside down”)). The verb developed due to the high-pitched voices of the chipmunks in the film Alvin and the Chipmunks.

    From Wiktionary

  • Alteration of obsolete chitmunk perhaps from Ojibwa ajidamoonʔ red squirrel

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to chipmunk using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

Words Ending With

Unscrambles

chipmunk