Definition of "whittling" []

• Present participle of whittle. (verb)
• A chip or shaving whittled from some larger substance. (noun)

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• "Coaches 'compensation accounts for more than half that, and little whittling is going on there."
• "I will begin whittling down the daily emails as folks migrate over to this better method, and will eventually discontinue them."
• "For his efforts in whittling down his times and picking up his spirits, Phelps is USATODAY. com's U.S. Olympic Athlete of the Week."