"chipmunk voice" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chipmunk voices [plural]
Etymology: From the voices of the characters in Alvin and the Chipmunks, an animated music group. Head templates: {{en-noun}} chipmunk voice (plural chipmunk voices)
  1. A voice effect where the normal sounding voice is increased in pitch and often sped-up and squeaky-sounding. Wikipedia link: Alvin and the Chipmunks
    Sense id: en-chipmunk_voice-en-noun-cS~ESTOT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From the voices of the characters in Alvin and the Chipmunks, an animated music group.",
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          "ref": "1992, Paul Rudnick, chapter I, in I Hate Hamlet",
          "text": "ANDREW. ...Have you ever worked with a puppet? There's some guy, kneeling down near your crotch, working the puppet. And he's doing a chipmunk voice, into a microphone.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Craig Mracek, chapter I, in A Bohemian Odyssey",
          "text": "Rudolph and Stella laugh hysterically as I sing along in a scratchy, whiny Chipmunk voice.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Ann Breen Metcalfe, Trout Lake: An Adirondack Novel",
          "text": "She lifted her hands in the air and began singing, in a chipmunk voice: \"Christmas, Christmas time is near, Time for toys and time for cheer, ...\"",
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        }
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        "A voice effect where the normal sounding voice is increased in pitch and often sped-up and squeaky-sounding."
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          "ref": "2005, Ann Breen Metcalfe, Trout Lake: An Adirondack Novel",
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