verb
General Slang
chopse
· verb · welsh
To talk loudly, chatter, or mouth off — Welsh and Midlands dialect.
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Definitions
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To talk too much, gossip, or run your mouth — chatter for the sake of it. Often slightly disapproving: a chopser is someone who never shuts up.
“She was chopsing on for half an hour about her neighbour's new conservatory.”
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To mouth off, argue, give someone an earful. The confrontational sense — what a striker does at the ref, what a kid does back at their mam.
“Don't you be chopsing at me, boy — get up to your room.”
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chopse In A Sentence
She was chopsing on for half an hour about her neighbour's new conservatory.
Don't you be chopsing at me, boy — get up to your room.
Origin & Usage
First recorded in the 1850s (OED). Built off 'chops' (mouth/jaws) — to chopse is to work your chops. Strongest now in South Wales valleys, with roots in English Midlands dialect.
People Also Ask
What does chopse mean?
To chopse means to talk loudly, chatter, or mouth off — Welsh and Midlands dialect.
How do you use chopse in a sentence?
You might hear 'She never stops chopsing.'
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