Chupse

There is the small effortless chupse of indifference; the thin hard chupse of mere disdain; the long, liquid, vibrating chupse which shakes the rafters and expresses every kind of defiance."

What was apparent, however, was a certain apologetic attitude such as "he's an American (chupse) but he's all right."

The "chupse," a sound formed by sucking in the air between one's teeth, may convey disgust, boredom, frustration, or a combination of all three.

A child's sucking of his teeth, known classically as a Bajan "chupse", when done in response to a parent's order to do something...

But Elmina only chupse and say, "But Grandma, I like James, though. I can't help it, I like he bad...

His mother chupse and reach for her pocketbook. "I going give yuh," she say, "And I going wait and see what happen."

Whenever he did get this message Crawford would 'chupse' and say, "That mad man upstairs? Man, don't pay him no mind."