Chelp
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Chelp is a verb meaning (intransitive, Northern England) To gossip, particularly in a forthright manner.
Meaning
(intransitive, Northern England) To gossip, particularly in a forthright manner.
More Meanings
- (intransitive, Northern England) To speak rudely or out of turn.
Example Sentences
The teacher got angry at all her chelping.
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.
Word Forms
- chelps
- chelping
- chelped
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include chackle, clepe, chopse, claver, chinwag, chaffer.
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