8 letters · 18 points in Scrabble
noun the act of chipping something
verb break off (a piece from a whole)
verb cut a nick into
originFrom Old English ċīeping (“market, marketplace”). Compare Swedish köping ("market"). Chipping, Cheapside, and cheap all reflect ancestry from Old English ceapian, concerning trading in markets.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0