chupse

1. BarbadosThe sound produced by sucking air between the teeth, expressing displeasure, incredulity, etc.

   What was apparent, however, was a certain apologetic attitude such as "he's an American (chupse) but he's all right."

   1972, Edward Samuel Maynard, Endogamy Among Barbadian Immigrants to New York City

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   There is the small effortless chupse of indifference; the thin hard chupse of mere disdain; the long, liquid, vibrating chupse which shakes the rafters and expresses every kind of defiance."

   1970, Frank A Collymore, Notes for a glossary of words and phrases of Barbadian dialect

   The "chupse," a sound formed by sucking in the air between one's teeth, may convey disgust, boredom, frustration, or a combination of all three.

   1990, Harry S Pariser, The Adventure Guide to Barbados

   A child's sucking of his teeth, known classically as a Bajan "chupse", when done in response to a parent's order to do something...

   2006, Willi Chen, Under the Perfume Tree

present singular third person chupses · participle present chupsing · participle past chupsed · past chupsed

1. BarbadosTo produce such a sound.

   But Elmina only chupse and say, "But Grandma, I like James, though. I can't help it, I like he bad...

   1973, Caribbean Artists Movement, Savacou

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   His mother chupse and reach for her pocketbook. "I going give yuh," she say, "And I going wait and see what happen."

   1991, Timothy Callender, It So Happen

   Whenever he did get this message Crawford would 'chupse' and say, "That mad man upstairs? Man, don't pay him no mind."

   1994, Peter Morgan, The Life and Times of Errol Barrow