chipmunk
verbEtymology 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.
1
To speed up (an audio recording, especially a song), to make the voices high-pitched.
- The Dipset capo favors breezy, bass-heavy beats instead of chipmunked soul samples to celebrate the 'hood's favorite season.2005, Vibe, volume 13, number 10, page 232:
2
To fill (one's mouth or cheeks) with food.
- Less than a minute to go and she's chewing almost viciously, her stuffed cheeks all chipmunked out like Dizzy Gillespie's in midsolo.2006, Ryan Nerz, Eat This Book:
3
To stuff (food) into one's mouth or cheeks, sometimes as part of competitive eating.
- She chipmunked her breakfast into a porcelain cheek.2011, Robert Buettner, Orphan's Destiny: