chelp

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verb

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chelps

V_ing/Gerund

chelping

V_ed/pp

chelped

1.
(Northern England, intransitive)To gossip, particularly in a forthright manner.
He's not here so we are chelping in the staffroom and ignoring the to-do list on the board.
1820, John Clare, “My Mary” in Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery, London: Taylor and Hessey, p. 87, Who’s laugh’d at too by every whelp, For failings which she cannot help? But silly fools will laugh and chelp, My Mary.
2.
(Northern England, intransitive)To speak rudely or out of turn.
The teacher got angry at all her chelping.

Nguồn gốc từ

Probably of imitative origin; perhaps from ch(irp) + (y)elp.