Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gup-shup

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables: gup-shup
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Gossip or rumor; idle talk.

Indian usage; Colloquial; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It's not like the old days when Bharat and Sanjay and Madhu and Ding-Dong Surdi and Honky Shah would come every morning and we would all go through the day's gup shup."
"It takes an afternoon or two for the locals to know you are back so that they can drop in for some gup-shup."
"When not in classes the Bookers Park was my den. As the name, it was a park within the campus for those who preferred to read peacefully without being monitored as in the library. Note sharing, discussions and even occasional gup-shups took place here."

Etymology

From Hindi गप-शप (gap-śap, “gossip”).

Origin

Source language: Hindi

Word Breakdown

Root: गप-शप

Usage

Inflected Forms

gup-shups (plural) gup shup (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

gup

Questions

What does gup-shup mean?: Gossip or rumor; idle talk.
Where does gup-shup come from?: It is traced to Hindi.

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