Meaning of gup | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Gossip or rumor; nonsensical or silly talk; blather.
   India, colloquial, countable, uncountable
2. An elected head of a gewog in Bhutan.

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Examples

“Should this lull continue⟳ much longer, the consequence will be, that the security of some mercantile houses, for some time on the wave⟳, will fail⟳; and, if we credit the gups in the bazar, the crisis is rapidly approaching.”

“Bazaar “gup,” too, speaking with the tongue of a lying jade on the eve of the expedition, had so added to the deadliness of the Abor reputation that one party of able-bodied men became panic-stricken when they realised the nature of the work⟳ before them, and disappeared in a night!”

“The young man faithfully delivered what Jinnah called “the gup”—the day's gossip — and tried vainly to extract a newsworthy quote from the League leader.”

“A chupen is a liaison agent between the section of the village which he represents and the gup (an elected head of a block⟳ of villages). […] The gups and maangi-aps have⟳ been a central feature of Bhutanese village life since the 17th century. The gup has traditionally been an intermediary between the community and the state.”

“The next stop⟳ was the house of the gup (the village headman), who was once the reputed strongman of Merak, famous for being able to lift⟳ a young bull yak and place⟳ it on his back.”

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