Definition of "chipmunk" [chip•munk]

• Any of several small striped terrestrial squirrels of the genera Tamias and Eutamias, especially T. striatus of eastern North America. (noun)

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• ""I think a chipmunk is the happiest, cheerfulest thing I know.""
• "This little bucktoothed chipmunk is still pissed because his team lost the cold war."
• "Another reason owners go the testing route is to uncover possible explanations for behaviors that might be inherited, such as herding people and other pets or rooting around in chipmunk or mole holes."