chipmunk

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

chipmunk

wangzakeekhoorn

Chipmunks

aardeekhoorn

Synoniemen

gopher

ground squirrel

hackee

ground-squirrel

Tamias striatus

striped squirrel

collector

striped ground squirrel

hoard

prairie dog

chipmuck

Vertalingen

tamia

🐿️

Streifenhörnchen

🐿️

Eutamias

suisse

🇨🇭

tâmia

🐿️

ardilla listada

🐿️

السنجاب

Tamias

chipmunk

tamia

🐿️

tamias

gestreiftes Eichhörnchen

écureuil rayé

tamia rayé

Backenhörnchen

🐿️

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃɪp.mʌŋk/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.