chelp

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chelp

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

verb chelps · chelping · 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.
  2. Northern England, intransitive To speak rudely or out of turn. The teacher got angry at all her chelping.

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