Steups
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Steups is a noun meaning (Caribbean, dialect, onomatopoeia) The sound made by sucking one's teeth.
Meaning
(Caribbean, dialect, onomatopoeia) The sound made by sucking one's teeth.
More Meanings
- (Caribbean, Jamaica, dialect, onomatopoeia) To suck one's teeth, indicating disappointment, derision or disgust.
Example Sentences
A loud steups followed.
‘Here?’ Petronella steups. ‘Where you think here is?’
He thought he heard a loud steups somewhere from the dark.
When my mother heard this she let out a loud steups but said nothing.
Word Forms
- steupses
- stewps
- steupse
- steupsing
- steupsed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cheups, chupse, schloop, schlurp, slurp, squit.
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