chipmunknoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtʃɪp.mʌŋk/us/ˈtʃɪp.mʌŋk/a small North American animal with fur and dark stripes along its back
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Rodents & similar animals
- beaver
- bunny
- chinchilla
- coney
- cony
- coypu
- dormouse
- groundhog
- guinea pig
- hamster
- hare
- jackrabbit
- mice
- mole
- mouse
- prairie dog
- rabbit
- rat
- shrew
- woodchuck
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Examples from literature
- A chipmunk comes along on the stone wall, hurrying somewhere on an important errand, but changing his course every moment.
- Further on a chipmunk chattered at them from the top of the wall and then, with long leaps, raced ahead to stop and eye them inquiringly, finally disappearing with a last squeal of alarm.
- Little chipmunks scuttled out from their holes to the packs, which lay in a heap on the ground, and then scuttled madly back again.
- On a great boulder far at one side a chipmunk chattered.
- Some squirrel or chipmunk must have gathered them in a heap, ready to carry to its nest, said George.
- The chipmunk came every morning for his slice of bread.