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{ "etymology_text": "Probably of imitative origin; perhaps from ch(irp) + (y)elp.", "forms": [ { "form": "chelps", "tags": [ "present", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "chelping", "tags": [ "participle", "present" ] }, { "form": "chelped", "tags": [ "participle", "past" ] }, { "form": "chelped", "tags": [ "past" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "chelp (third-person singular simple present chelps, present participle chelping, simple past and past participle chelped)", "name": "en-verb" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "Northern England English", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "He's not here so we are chelping in the staffroom and ignoring the to-do list on the board." }, { "text": "1820, John Clare, “My Mary” in Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery, London: Taylor and Hessey, p. 87,\nWho’s laugh’d at too by every whelp,\nFor failings which she cannot help?\nBut silly fools will laugh and chelp,\nMy Mary." } ], "glosses": [ "To gossip, particularly in a forthright manner." ], "id": "en-chelp-en-verb-xQz~1HBJ", "links": [ [ "gossip", "gossip" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(intransitive, Northern England) To gossip, particularly in a forthright manner." ], "tags": [ "Northern-England", "intransitive" ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "Northern England English", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "27 73", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "28 72", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "28 72", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "The teacher got angry at all her chelping.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "To speak rudely or out of turn." ], "id": "en-chelp-en-verb-Wwq31z38", "raw_glosses": [ "(intransitive, Northern England) To speak rudely or out of turn." ], "tags": [ "Northern-England", "intransitive" ] } ], "word": "chelp" }
{ "categories": [ "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English verbs", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries" ], "etymology_text": "Probably of imitative origin; perhaps from ch(irp) + (y)elp.", "forms": [ { "form": "chelps", "tags": [ "present", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "chelping", "tags": [ "participle", "present" ] }, { "form": "chelped", "tags": [ "participle", "past" ] }, { "form": "chelped", "tags": [ "past" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "chelp (third-person singular simple present chelps, present participle chelping, simple past and past participle chelped)", "name": "en-verb" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English intransitive verbs", "Northern England English" ], "examples": [ { "text": "He's not here so we are chelping in the staffroom and ignoring the to-do list on the board." }, { "text": "1820, John Clare, “My Mary” in Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery, London: Taylor and Hessey, p. 87,\nWho’s laugh’d at too by every whelp,\nFor failings which she cannot help?\nBut silly fools will laugh and chelp,\nMy Mary." } ], "glosses": [ "To gossip, particularly in a forthright manner." ], "links": [ [ "gossip", "gossip" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(intransitive, Northern England) To gossip, particularly in a forthright manner." ], "tags": [ "Northern-England", "intransitive" ] }, { "categories": [ "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with usage examples", "Northern England English" ], "examples": [ { "text": "The teacher got angry at all her chelping.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "To speak rudely or out of turn." ], "raw_glosses": [ "(intransitive, Northern England) To speak rudely or out of turn." ], "tags": [ "Northern-England", "intransitive" ] } ], "word": "chelp" }
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