chipmunk

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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.

Verb

1. (transitive) To speed up (an audio recording, especially a song), to make the voices high-pitched.
2. (transitive) To fill (one's mouth or cheeks) with food.
3. (transitive) To stuff (food) into one's mouth or cheeks, sometimes as part of competitive eating.

Έννοιες

είδος σκίουρου

Συνώνυμα

gopher

ground squirrel

hackee

ground-squirrel

Tamias striatus

striped squirrel

collector

striped ground squirrel

hoard

prairie dog

chipmuck

Μεταφράσεις

tamia

🐿️

Streifenhörnchen

🐿️

Eutamias

suisse

🇨🇭

tâmia

🐿️

السنجاب

ardilla listada

🐿️

chipmunk

Tamias

chipmunk

tamia

🐿️

wangzakeekhoorn

tamia rayé

gestreiftes Eichhörnchen

écureuil rayé

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃɪp.mʌŋk/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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.