chipmunkn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈtʃɪpmʌŋk/, U.S.

/ˈtʃɪpˌməŋk/

Forms:

α. 1800s chipminck, 1800s– chipmonk, 1800s chipmuck, 1800s chipmuk, 1800s– chipmunk.

β. 1800s–1900s chitmonk, 1800s chitmunk.

γ. 1900s– chickmunk (rare).

Origin: A borrowing from Ojibwa. Etymon: Ojibwa ajidamoo.

Etymology: < the diminutive of a regional (southeastern) variety of Ojibwa ajidamoo American red squirrel (compare the former regional (Nipissing) form acitamo (recorded in the 19th cent.); < acit- upside down + amo to eat), with loss of the reduced short vowels in the first and third syllables, as later reflected by Ojibwa (Ottawa) jidmoonh (which also shows the diminutive suffix). Compare earlier chipping squirrel n. and also chip squirrel n. Compare also earlier ground-squirrel n.The β. forms apparently reflect the original borrowing, while the (now usual) α. forms (with p ) show subsequent assimilation of the stop (originally t ) to the following m in the internal consonant cluster, probably reinforced by association with the imitative element chip- (in chipping squirrel n. and chip squirrel n., both denoting the chipmunk). Compare earlier chickaree n. (denoting the American red squirrel) which shows variation between forms with p and k . It is likely that all these similar-sounding words influenced each other; this may also have contributed to the sense transfer by which English chipmunk came to denote only the ground squirrel. Other variant forms. In the form chipminck perhaps with remodelling of the second element after mink n.¹ The form chickmunk at γ. forms apparently shows assimilation of the final consonant in the first syllable to that of the second syllable.

A. n.

Any of the ground squirrels constituting the genus Tamias (family Sciuridae), native to North America and Asia and having greyish-brown fur with a lighter belly and alternating light and dark stripes on the back and cheeks. Also with distinguishing word.

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 A. Kidd Huron Chief 50 Through these green woods I've loved to stray, And chase the bee from leaf to flower, Or with the little Chipmunk play.

1836 C. P. Traill Backwoods of Canada 112 With the exception of the aforesaid chitmunk, no living thing crossed our path during our long day's journey.

1854 P. B. St. John Amy Moss 13 I would not give a chip-minck's tail for both our scalps, if we were circumvented by that noted rascal.

1865 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands i. 31 The Chipping Squirrel, or Hackee, or Chipmuck (Tamias Lysteri), is peculiarly conspicuous.

1890 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 3 71 Tamias asiaticus. (Siberian Chipmunk.)... Hab.—Siberia; from the east coast westward to the White Sea and Dwina River.

1902 Biloxi (Mississippi) Daily Herald 1 July 2/3 Presently a curious chipmonk came to investigate.

1925 D. H. Lawrence Refl. Death Porcupine 204 The chipmunks..were little squirrely things with stripes down their backs.

1994 N.Y. Times 5 Apr. c11/5 The eastern chipmunk, Tamias striatus, does not truly hibernate, but merely becomes somewhat lethargic in winter.

2002 Ecology 83 3511/1 I have observed chipmunks foraging for scattered seeds on many occasions.

B. adj.

1. Resembling or suggestive of a chipmunk.

ΚΠ

1884 Independent (N.Y.) 20 Nov. 26/1 Hist, withy Ben, with the chipmunk face! This way, broad Bill, with the trousers wide!

1903 McClure's Mag. 21 392/2 He was himself again, dominant, truculent, fixing his brown chipmunk eyes on the delinquents with the shock of a physical impact.

1938 Alaska Miner (Fairbanks, Alaska) 5 July 8/4 A plump little lady with chipmunk cheeks and overstuffed ankles.

1991 A. Carter Wise Children (1992) i. 46 Her cheeks give the game away;..that tight, full, shiny chipmunk look that spells out: facelift.

2009 Guardian (Nexis) 12 May 3 Ken Dodd's chipmunk teeth..could be cultivated rather than wrenched out with pliers by a marketing team.

2. Designating, relating to, or characterized by a distinctive high-pitched vocal sound produced by speeding up the playback of a recorded voice; = chipmunky adj. 2.The sound is associated with the Chipmunks, a fictional group of chipmunk musicians (later represented in animation and also known as Alvin and the Chipmunks) created by R. S. Bagdasarian, who produced many hit records, beginning with the Chipmunk Song in 1958.

ΚΠ

1958 Daily Jeffersonian (Cambridge, Ohio) 20 Dec. 4/1 He gave us chipmunk voices..by speeding up human voices and then dubbing in their music at regular record speed.

1969 T. G. Sticht Learning by Listening in Relation to Aptitude, Reading, & Rate-controlled Speech ii. 8 A technique has been developed for speeding up the playback time of a recorded message without producing frequency multiplication with its attendant ‘chipmunk’ sound.

1993 Music Technol. May 49/1 There's also no hint of the dreaded chipmunk syndrome.

2002 F. Broughton & B. Brewster How to DJ (Properly) 94 Decks with this feature let you adjust a track's tempo..without changing its pitch.., so you can speed up a song without it going all chipmunk on you.

2017 Evening Standard (Nexis) 19 May 41 Sorry for Now is full of light blips and chipmunk vocal samples, an odd fit for a once-fierce band.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΚΠ

1844 Central N.-Y. Farmer Nov. 352/2 A hair trunk covered with 44 Chipmunk Skins..—a neat and curious article.

1887 A. H. Dorsey Old House at Glenaran ix. 393 The debris of the winter quarters of a chipmunk family.

1903 Recreation Feb. 156/2 Group of bird and chipmunk pictures.

1963 Tyrone (Pa.) Daily Herald 25 May 4/5 Any suggestion that will help us with our chipmunk problem will surely be appreciated.

2004 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 20 Nov. l. 3/1 Harpo..howling..after being kicked out of the house for smearing decomposed chipmunk carcass all over the livingroom rug.

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

单词	chipmunk
释义	chipmunkn.adj. Brit. /ˈtʃɪpmʌŋk/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪpˌməŋk/ Forms: α. 1800s chipminck, 1800s– chipmonk, 1800s chipmuck, 1800s chipmuk, 1800s– chipmunk. β. 1800s–1900s chitmonk, 1800s chitmunk. γ. 1900s– chickmunk (rare). Origin: A borrowing from Ojibwa. Etymon: Ojibwa ajidamoo. Etymology: < the diminutive of a regional (southeastern) variety of Ojibwa ajidamoo American red squirrel (compare the former regional (Nipissing) form acitamo (recorded in the 19th cent.); < acit- upside down + amo to eat), with loss of the reduced short vowels in the first and third syllables, as later reflected by Ojibwa (Ottawa) jidmoonh (which also shows the diminutive suffix). Compare earlier chipping squirrel n. and also chip squirrel n. Compare also earlier ground-squirrel n.The β. forms apparently reflect the original borrowing, while the (now usual) α. forms (with p ) show subsequent assimilation of the stop (originally t ) to the following m in the internal consonant cluster, probably reinforced by association with the imitative element chip- (in chipping squirrel n. and chip squirrel n., both denoting the chipmunk). Compare earlier chickaree n. (denoting the American red squirrel) which shows variation between forms with p and k . It is likely that all these similar-sounding words influenced each other; this may also have contributed to the sense transfer by which English chipmunk came to denote only the ground squirrel. Other variant forms. In the form chipminck perhaps with remodelling of the second element after mink n.¹ The form chickmunk at γ. forms apparently shows assimilation of the final consonant in the first syllable to that of the second syllable. A. n. Any of the ground squirrels constituting the genus Tamias (family Sciuridae), native to North America and Asia and having greyish-brown fur with a lighter belly and alternating light and dark stripes on the back and cheeks. Also with distinguishing word. 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 A. Kidd Huron Chief 50 Through these green woods I've loved to stray, And chase the bee from leaf to flower, Or with the little Chipmunk play. 1836 C. P. Traill Backwoods of Canada 112 With the exception of the aforesaid chitmunk, no living thing crossed our path during our long day's journey. 1854 P. B. St. John Amy Moss 13 I would not give a chip-minck's tail for both our scalps, if we were circumvented by that noted rascal. 1865 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands i. 31 The Chipping Squirrel, or Hackee, or Chipmuck (Tamias Lysteri), is peculiarly conspicuous. 1890 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 3 71 Tamias asiaticus. (Siberian Chipmunk.)... Hab.—Siberia; from the east coast westward to the White Sea and Dwina River. 1902 Biloxi (Mississippi) Daily Herald 1 July 2/3 Presently a curious chipmonk came to investigate. 1925 D. H. Lawrence Refl. Death Porcupine 204 The chipmunks..were little squirrely things with stripes down their backs. 1994 N.Y. Times 5 Apr. c11/5 The eastern chipmunk, Tamias striatus, does not truly hibernate, but merely becomes somewhat lethargic in winter. 2002 Ecology 83 3511/1 I have observed chipmunks foraging for scattered seeds on many occasions. B. adj. 1. Resembling or suggestive of a chipmunk. ΚΠ 1884 Independent (N.Y.) 20 Nov. 26/1 Hist, withy Ben, with the chipmunk face! This way, broad Bill, with the trousers wide! 1903 McClure's Mag. 21 392/2 He was himself again, dominant, truculent, fixing his brown chipmunk eyes on the delinquents with the shock of a physical impact. 1938 Alaska Miner (Fairbanks, Alaska) 5 July 8/4 A plump little lady with chipmunk cheeks and overstuffed ankles. 1991 A. Carter Wise Children (1992) i. 46 Her cheeks give the game away;..that tight, full, shiny chipmunk look that spells out: facelift. 2009 Guardian (Nexis) 12 May 3 Ken Dodd's chipmunk teeth..could be cultivated rather than wrenched out with pliers by a marketing team. 2. Designating, relating to, or characterized by a distinctive high-pitched vocal sound produced by speeding up the playback of a recorded voice; = chipmunky adj. 2.The sound is associated with the Chipmunks, a fictional group of chipmunk musicians (later represented in animation and also known as Alvin and the Chipmunks) created by R. S. Bagdasarian, who produced many hit records, beginning with the Chipmunk Song in 1958. ΚΠ 1958 Daily Jeffersonian (Cambridge, Ohio) 20 Dec. 4/1 He gave us chipmunk voices..by speeding up human voices and then dubbing in their music at regular record speed. 1969 T. G. Sticht Learning by Listening in Relation to Aptitude, Reading, & Rate-controlled Speech ii. 8 A technique has been developed for speeding up the playback time of a recorded message without producing frequency multiplication with its attendant ‘chipmunk’ sound. 1993 Music Technol. May 49/1 There's also no hint of the dreaded chipmunk syndrome. 2002 F. Broughton & B. Brewster How to DJ (Properly) 94 Decks with this feature let you adjust a track's tempo..without changing its pitch.., so you can speed up a song without it going all chipmunk on you. 2017 Evening Standard (Nexis) 19 May 41 Sorry for Now is full of light blips and chipmunk vocal samples, an odd fit for a once-fierce band. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1844 Central N.-Y. Farmer Nov. 352/2 A hair trunk covered with 44 Chipmunk Skins..—a neat and curious article. 1887 A. H. Dorsey Old House at Glenaran ix. 393 The debris of the winter quarters of a chipmunk family. 1903 Recreation Feb. 156/2 Group of bird and chipmunk pictures. 1963 Tyrone (Pa.) Daily Herald 25 May 4/5 Any suggestion that will help us with our chipmunk problem will surely be appreciated. 2004 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 20 Nov. l. 3/1 Harpo..howling..after being kicked out of the house for smearing decomposed chipmunk carcass all over the livingroom rug. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < n.adj.1830
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