chipped

VERB

knock a piece out of

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chop crack hack nick splinter whack

STRONG

break chisel clip crumble damage flake fragment gash hackle hew incise notch shape shear slash slice sliver snick snip split whittle

WEAK

crack off cut away cut off

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fix mend

STRONG

build combine increase join put together

Example Sentences

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chipped

The Venetians, in particular, who had dragged their feet about aiding the Romans, came to bitterly regret the fall as the Ottomans gradually chipped away at their maritime empire in the eastern Mediterranean.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

The Queens trailed 7-2 in the second inning but slowly chipped away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

I wasn't particularly happy with the car but the engineers and everyone on my side of the garage did a really good job and we chipped away to get the car in a good window.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

America250 itself has chipped in a late-model orange iPhone.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

Nhamo chipped off a portion of the termite nest with Uncle Kufa’s knife, while watching carefully for the mambas that inhabited such places.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer