chip squirreln.

Brit.

/ˈtʃɪp skwɪrəl/,

/ˈtʃɪp skwɪrl̩/, U.S.

/ˈtʃɪp ˌskwərəl/

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: chipping squirrel n.

Etymology: Apparently shortened < chipping squirrel n. (or similarly formed < an element imitative of the animal's call + squirrel n.).

U.S. Now rare (chiefly historical).

A chipmunk (genus Tamias), esp. the eastern chipmunk, T. striatus. Cf. chipping squirrel n.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Sciuridae (squirrel) > genus Tamias (ground-squirrel) > tamias striatus (chipmunk)

chipping squirrel1749

striped squirrel1796

hackee1826

chipmunk1830

chip squirrel1830

1830 G. Crabb Dict. Gen. Knowl. 89/2 Chip squirrel, a beautiful little striped animal common in the woods of North America.

1831 Wright's Nat. Hist. Globe (U.S. ed.) I. xii. 384 The ground or striped Squirrel is abundant in all our woods. It is sometimes called Harkee, and, in New England, is usually denominated the Chip Squirrel.

1848 C. W. Webber Old Hicks 49 [Sand rats] look something like the common chip squirrel.

1875 H. B. Stowe Deacon Pitkin's Farm i. 35 The very chip squirrels in the stone-walls..were rushing about with chops incredibly distended.

1910 Hunter-Trader-Trapper Mar. 129/2 We ask that you go back forty years when every brook was literally alive with trout and other fish, and mink as common as chip squirrels.

1950 H. W. Troyer Salt & Savor v. 43 Perry was happy as a young chip-squirrel to go along home with Nancy.

1970 Western Folklore 29 167 Sporadic terms are chip squirrel and chippie.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).

单词	chip squirrel
释义	chip squirreln. Brit. /ˈtʃɪp skwɪrəl/, /ˈtʃɪp skwɪrl̩/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪp ˌskwərəl/ Origin: Apparently formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: chipping squirrel n. Etymology: Apparently shortened < chipping squirrel n. (or similarly formed < an element imitative of the animal's call + squirrel n.). U.S. Now rare (chiefly historical). A chipmunk (genus Tamias), esp. the eastern chipmunk, T. striatus. Cf. chipping squirrel n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Sciuridae (squirrel) > genus Tamias (ground-squirrel) > tamias striatus (chipmunk) chipping squirrel1749 striped squirrel1796 hackee1826 chipmunk1830 chip squirrel1830 1830 G. Crabb Dict. Gen. Knowl. 89/2 Chip squirrel, a beautiful little striped animal common in the woods of North America. 1831 Wright's Nat. Hist. Globe (U.S. ed.) I. xii. 384 The ground or striped Squirrel is abundant in all our woods. It is sometimes called Harkee, and, in New England, is usually denominated the Chip Squirrel. 1848 C. W. Webber Old Hicks 49 [Sand rats] look something like the common chip squirrel. 1875 H. B. Stowe Deacon Pitkin's Farm i. 35 The very chip squirrels in the stone-walls..were rushing about with chops incredibly distended. 1910 Hunter-Trader-Trapper Mar. 129/2 We ask that you go back forty years when every brook was literally alive with trout and other fish, and mink as common as chip squirrels. 1950 H. W. Troyer Salt & Savor v. 43 Perry was happy as a young chip-squirrel to go along home with Nancy. 1970 Western Folklore 29 167 Sporadic terms are chip squirrel and chippie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < n.1830
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