chelp

Definitions

1. To gossip, particularly in a forthright manner.
   Northern-England, intransitive
2. To speak rudely or out of turn.
   Northern-England, intransitive

Examples

“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.”

“The teacher got angry at all her chelping.”

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