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noun
Any of the subtribe Tamiina of small, striped rodents; they are found in North America, with the exception of the Siberian chipmunk which is found primarily in Asia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To speed up (an audio recording, especially a song), to make the voices high-pitched.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To fill (one's mouth or cheeks) with food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To stuff (food) into one's mouth or cheeks, sometimes as part of competitive eating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
a burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia; has cheek pouches and a light and dark stripe running down the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: squirrel
History
1832; alteration (influenced by chipping squirrel) of earlier chitmunk, from older Ojibwe ačitamo ̇nˀ (“squirrels”) (modern ajidamoo), literally ‘those who descend headlong’, from ačit- (“headfirst, face-down”) (compare modern ajijibizo (“he falls headfirst”), ajidagoojin (“he hangs upside down”)). The English verb developed due to the high-pitched voices of the American puppet and cartoon chipmunks in the group Alvin and the Chipmunks, who later starred in a popular children's TV show in the 1980s.
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