chup

plural chups

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

present singular third person chups · participle present chupping · participle past chupped · past chupped

1. intransitiveTo make a short, loud, and urgent sound.

comparative more chup · superlative most chup

1. IndiainformalSilent, quiet.

   to keep chup

   to be quiet; to keep mum

   1 more example

   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 28, “Strike in Calcutta Municipality”, in The Modern Review, volume 86, number 5, Calcutta: The Modern Review Office, Notes, page 341

1. IndiainformalUsed to request silence: be quiet, shut up!