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Chelp

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To gossip, particularly in a forthright manner. Northern-England, intransitive

    "He's not here so we are chelping in the staffroom and ignoring the to-do list on the board."

  2. 2
    To speak rudely or out of turn. Northern-England, intransitive

    "The teacher got angry at all her chelping."

Etymology

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

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