gup
/ɡʌp/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Gossip or rumor; nonsensical or silly talk; blather.
Indian usage; Colloquial; Countable; Uncountable
name
Initialism of Girls und Panzer.
Example Sentences
- "Should this lull continue much longer, the consequence will be, that the security of some mercantile houses, for some time on the wave, will fail; and, if we credit the gups in the bazar, the crisis is rapidly approaching."
- "Bazaar “gup,” too, speaking with the tongue of a lying jade on the eve of the expedition, had so added to the deadliness of the Abor reputation that one party of able-bodied men became panic-stricken when they realised the nature of the work before them, and disappeared in a night!"
- "The young man faithfully delivered what Jinnah called “the gup”—the day's gossip — and tried vainly to extract a newsworthy quote from the League leader."
- "A chupen is a liaison agent between the section of the village which he represents and the gup (an elected head of a block of villages). […] The gups and maangi-aps have been a central feature of Bhutanese village life since the 17th century. The gup has traditionally been an intermediary between the community and the state."
- "The next stop was the house of the gup (the village headman), who was once the reputed strongman of Merak, famous for being able to lift a young bull yak and place it on his back."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɡʌp/
- British English: /ɡʌp/