Chupse

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

(Barbados) The sound produced by sucking air between the teeth, expressing displeasure, incredulity, etc..

Definitions by Sense

1. (Barbados) The sound produced by sucking air between the teeth, expressing displeasure, incredulity, etc.
2. (Barbados) To produce such a sound.

Example Sentences

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."

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Word Forms

• chupses
• chupsing
• chupsed

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