Chipmunk Definition
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Origin of Chipmunk
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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
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