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chup en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Meanings

  1. A short, loud, and urgent sound, usually of a bird.
    • The blackbirds and robins and and^([sic]) tits and finches shout at each other, chups and warbles and chirrups that, loosely translated, mean “Fancy a shag?”, “Get OFF my land” or “I’ve got a great big tonker.” 2015 April 16, Richard P. Grant, “Sex and the successful fundraiser”, in The Guardian:

Forms

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chups Number=Plur lexicographic

chup en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, of a bird) To make a short, loud, and urgent sound.

Forms

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chups Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
chupped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
chupped Tense=Past lexicographic
chupping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

chup en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi चुप (cup, “silent, quiet; keep quiet, shut up”).

Meanings

  1. (India, informal) Silent, quiet.
    • Did the strike-leaders not know this fact? Did the general body of Municipal employees do anything to stop this? Were they not co-operating with the thieves amongst them by keeping chup over it all these years? 1949 November 14, “Strike in Calcutta Municipality”, in The Modern Review, volume 86, number 5, Calcutta: The Modern Review Office, Notes, page 341:
    • to keep chup

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more chup Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most chup Degree=Sup lexicographic

chup en · INTJ · etymology 2

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi चुप (cup, “silent, quiet; keep quiet, shut up”).

Meanings

  1. (India, informal) Used to request silence: be quiet, shut up!