Definition of chipping

• p. pr. & vb. n. - of Chip
• n. - A chip; a piece separated by a cutting or graving instrument; a fragment.
• n. - 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.
• n. - The breaking off in small pieces of the edges of potter's ware, porcelain, etc.