chup

Noun

chup (plural chups)

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.”2015 April 16, Richard P. Grant, “Sex and the successful fundraiser”, in The Guardian

Verb

chup (third-person singular simple present chups, present participle chupping, simple past and past participle chupped)

1. (intransitive) To make a short, loud, and urgent sound.

Adjective

chup (comparative more chup, superlative most chup)

1. (India, informal) 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?1949 November, “Strike in Calcutta Municipality”, in The Modern Review, volume 86, number 5, Calcutta: The Modern Review Office, Notes, page 341

Interjection

1. (India, informal) Used to request silence: be quiet, shut up!