chelp

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To gossip, particularly in a forthright manner. Northern-England,intransitive
    — He's not here so we are chelping in the staffroom and ignoring the to-do list on the board.
  2. To speak rudely or out of turn. Northern-England,intransitive
    — The teacher got angry at all her chelping.

词形变化

chelps present,singular,third-person chelping participle,present chelped participle,past chelped past

词源

Probably of imitative origin; perhaps from ch(irp) + (y)elp.
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