the act of chipping something
"She spent the afternoon chipping away at the old paint until the bare wood was finally exposed."
A fragment broken off a larger material.
"A small chipping of ice fell from the roof and landed in my garden."
present participle of chip
"She is chipping away at the old paint on her front door to reveal the fresh wood underneath."
A hamlet in Buckland parish, East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3532).
"We stopped at Chipping for lunch on our walk through the countryside."