chip at

chip (away) at something

to break off tiny pieces of something little by little. The mason chipped away at the bricks. He chipped at the block of marble gently.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
AsİL	-	Turkish
Crescentius	-	Late Roman
Olle	-	Swedish
Kasper	KAHS-per (Polish, Swedish), KAHS-pər (Dutch)	Polish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Edmond	['edmand]
Dillan	DIL-ən	English (Modern)