p.pr. & ·vb.n. of chip.
2. chipping ·noun a chip; a piece separated by a cutting or graving instrument; a fragment.
3. chipping ·noun the breaking off in small pieces of the edges of potter's ware, porcelain, ·etc.
4. chipping ·noun the act or process of cutting or breaking off small pieces, as in dressing iron with a chisel, or reducing a timber or block of stone to shape.