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Probably of imitative origin; perhaps from ch(irp) + (y)elp.
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Today it means: To gossip, particularly in a forthright manner. Full definition →
Probably of imitative origin; perhaps from ch(irp) + (y)elp.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.