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.
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