chelping

Verb

chelp (third-person singular simple present chelps, present participle chelping, simple past and past participle chelped)

1. (Northern England, intransitive) To gossip, particularly in a forthright manner.
   • He's not here so we are chelping in the staffroom and ignoring the to-do list on the board.
2. (Northern England, intransitive) To speak rudely or out of turn.
   • The teacher got angry at all her chelping.