chipmunk voice

English

Etymology

From the voices of the characters in Alvin and the Chipmunks, an animated music group.

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.
   • 1992, Paul Rudnick, chapter I, in I Hate Hamlet‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2002, Craig Mracek, chapter I, in A Bohemian Odyssey‎^[2]:

     Rudolph and Stella laugh hysterically as I sing along in a scratchy, whiny Chipmunk voice.

   • 2005, Ann Breen Metcalfe, Trout Lake: An Adirondack Novel‎^[3]:

     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, ..."