chopse

Verb

chopse (third-person singular simple present chopses, present participle chopsing, simple past and past participle chopsed)

1. (Midlands, Wales, Bermuda) To loudly insult and subject to verbal abuse; to berate.
   • If you're being cheeky to someone in Wales, they'll probably ask the following: "Are you chopsing at me?"2015 August 25, Ben Travis, “Educating Cardiff: Five essential Welsh slang phrases you need to know”, in Evening Standard, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2022
   • On there was one conversation that sounded like a confession by Tobin. "I said she's chopsing so I just put her to sleep like," Tobin told his father.2018 August 20, Jessica Walford, “Secret bugging device catches man confessing to killing girlfriend after he slapped her in 'post-sex argument'”, in The Mirror, archived from the original on 25 Oct...
2. (Midlands, Wales, Bermuda) To chatter and gossip excessively.
   • Less chopsing, more chopping: hair salon launches a 'quiet chair'2015 November 30, “(headline)”, in ITV News Wales, archived from the original on 10 May 2019
   • There were two men stood talking to the girl behind the bar, just while she served them, and a couple in their twenties sitting chopsing in one corner, but nobody Mary Jane or Freddy knew.2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright, →ISBN