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chup
noun 1verb 1adj 1intj 1
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2ADJ.
all, over
VERB + CHUP
keep, keeping
Definitions
noun
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.”
verb
1
To make a short, loud, and urgent sound.
adj
1
Silent, quiet.
to keep chup
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?
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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 bi
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to keep chup
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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 th
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