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chup en · NOUN · etymology 1
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Meanings
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:
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chups
Number=Plur
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chup en · VERB · etymology 1
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Meanings
(intransitive, of a bird) To make a short, loud, and urgent sound.
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chups
Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres
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chupped
Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part
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chupped
Tense=Past
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chupping
Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part
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chup en · ADJ · etymology 2
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi चुप (cup, “silent, quiet; keep quiet, shut up”).
Meanings
(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
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most chup
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chup en · INTJ · etymology 2
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi चुप (cup, “silent, quiet; keep quiet, shut up”).
Meanings
(India, informal) Used to request silence: be quiet, shut up!