"gup" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡʌp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gup.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gups [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌp Etymology: From Hindi गप (gap, “gossip; idle talk”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|hi|गप||gossip; idle talk}} Hindi गप (gap, “gossip; idle talk”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} gup (countable and uncountable, plural gups)
  1. (India, colloquial) Gossip or rumor; nonsensical or silly talk; blather. Tags: India, colloquial, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): People Related terms: gup-shup
    Sense id: en-gup-en-noun-vr~nIypD Disambiguation of People: 99 1 Categories (other): Indian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 56 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɡʌp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gup.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gups [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌp Etymology: Borrowed from Dzongkha རྒེད་པོ་ (rged po, “gup”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|dz|རྒེད་པོ་||gup|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Dzongkha རྒེད་པོ་ (rged po, “gup”), {{bor+|en|dz|རྒེད་པོ་||gup}} Borrowed from Dzongkha རྒེད་པོ་ (rged po, “gup”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gup (plural gups)
  1. An elected head of a gewog in Bhutan. Categories (place): Bhutan Synonyms: gap
    Sense id: en-gup-en-noun-O4ILoHbm Disambiguation of Bhutan: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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