单词 | chipmunky |
释义 | chipmunkyadj. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a chipmunk, typically with reference to a person having prominent cheeks or a perky, mischievous character. ΚΠ 1910 Hampton's Mag. Mar. 322/2 A woolly sort of Prophet,..all parable and purr, and with such a sudden, bright, chipmunky way of looking at you that you have to say you understand when you don't. 1954 Time 1 Nov. 17/3 By Election Day, Nixon will have covered more than 25,000 miles, to make more than 200 speeches... The pace has melted fat off his middle and flattened his chipmunky cheeks. 1979 Newsweek (Nexis) 1 Oct. 77 Much of the charm is provided by the chipmunky Mary Steenburgen as Wells's true love. 1995 Guardian 11 Oct. ii. 2/1 He gave the chipmunky grin which occasionally dismantles a face. 2006 A. Davies Goodbye Lemon ii. 136 His cheeks attain a hilarious chipmunky puffiness. 2. Designating, relating to, or characterized by a distinctive high-pitched vocal sound produced by speeding up the playback of a recorded voice; = chipmunk adj. 2. ΚΠ 1958 Logansport (Indiana) Pharos-Tribune 30 Dec. Eartha Kitt..sounds to me like a 33-and-a-third record spinning at 45 revolutions per minute—trembly and chipmunky. 1979 R. Garcia Professional Arranger Composer viii. 63 Voice speeded up more than a couple of half steps in pitch will start to sound chipmunky. 2003 N.Y. Mag. 3 Mar. 58/3 The song..features the duo's chipmunky vocals and wonderfully, theatrically tacky production. 2015 Observer (Nexis) 10 May The Hippie Sabotage version..loops Lo's vocal into a chipmunky travesty. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1910 |
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