chipping

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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chipping

So far this year, rising inflation rates have been chipping at the real returns people can get in high-yield savings accounts and CDs.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Taking the slower route of chipping away at your debt with your income, rather than your retirement savings, is the wiser option here.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

His pubs have previously missed out on government business rates support, and "the increases were so huge last year that now we're sort of chipping away at some of those increases".

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Those gains are chipping away at Iran’s leverage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

I continue to make my arrows, chipping the arrowheads and tying the feathers, until I have enough to go hunting.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone