chelp

English

Verb

chelp (third-person singular simple present chelps, present participle chelping, simple past and past participle chelped)

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