chupint.adj.

Brit.

/tʃʊp/, U.S.

/tʃʊp/

Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi cup.

Etymology: < Hindi cup, interjection, also used as noun in sense ‘silence’ and as adjective in sense ‘silent’.

Indian English colloquial.

A. int.

Be quiet; shut up. Also occasionally reduplicated.

ΚΠ

1824 R. Heber Jrnl. 2 Nov. in Narr. Journey Upper Provinces India (1828) I. xvi. 413 I heard no needless noise in the camp..; and, if a voice were raised, ‘chup! chup!’ ‘silence! silence!’ followed immediately.

1868 J. Grant First Love & Last Love II. xiii. 137 ‘Chup-chup!’..said Baboo, striking Assim..; ‘begone to the city—there's work for you there.’

1901 R. Kipling Kim ix. 214 Again he heard a chuckle... ‘Chûp—or I break your head.’

1989 R. P. Smith In Forest at Midnight 308 ‘Chup!’ she commanded, her eyes fierce. ‘Be quiet! It is not funny what you have done.’

2016 Open (India) (Nexis) 14 Oct. Chup! You people always interrupt.

B. adj.

Quiet, silent. Frequently in to keep chup: to be quiet; to avoid talking about something secret or controversial, ‘to keep mum’.In earliest use in the British Army in India.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [adjective]

unspeakinga1382

speechless1390

mutec1400

dumb1406

silenta1425

peaceablec1425

secretc1440

of few wordsa1500

tongue-tied1529

mum1532

closec1540

strait-laced1546

tongue-dumb1556

incommunicable1568

sparing1568

inconversable1577

retentive1599

wordless1604

mumbudget1622

uncommunicable1628

monastica1631

word-bound1644

on (also upon) the reserve1655

strait-mouthed1664

oyster-like1665

incommunicative1670

mumchance1681

speechless1726

taciturnous1727

tongue-tacked1727

monosyllabic1735

silentish1737

untalkative1739

silentious1749

buttoned-up1767

taciturn1771

close as wax1772

untittletattling1779

reticent1825

voiceless1827

say-nothing1838

unremonstrant1841

still1855

unvocal1858

inexpansive186.

short-tongued1864

non-communicating1865

tight-lipped1876

unworded1886

chup1896

tongue-bound1906

shut-mouthed1936

zip-lipped1943

shtum1958

1896 J. M. MacDonald Baba Lōg vi. 72 The chaprasis, carrying the guns, were ordered by the Commissioner to keep chup..as no harm was done.

1907 A. Perrin Free Solitude iii. 35 ‘Oh, Ben!’ wailed Myra, ‘you sit, and sit, and are chup, and you will not promise to help me.’

1926 Times of India 15 Oct. 6/7 Philip kept chup about all this, until a certain incident occurred at the wedding feast.

1956 National Assembly of Pakistan: Parl. Deb. 2 159 Mr. Speaker. Mr. Aleem please keep chup... You should not interrupt.

2007 Nation (Pakistan) (Nexis) 14 Feb. India resisted expressing its jubilation; it kept chup and made no response.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	chup
释义	chupint.adj. Brit. /tʃʊp/, U.S. /tʃʊp/ Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi cup. Etymology: < Hindi cup, interjection, also used as noun in sense ‘silence’ and as adjective in sense ‘silent’. Indian English colloquial. A. int. Be quiet; shut up. Also occasionally reduplicated. ΚΠ 1824 R. Heber Jrnl. 2 Nov. in Narr. Journey Upper Provinces India (1828) I. xvi. 413 I heard no needless noise in the camp..; and, if a voice were raised, ‘chup! chup!’ ‘silence! silence!’ followed immediately. 1868 J. Grant First Love & Last Love II. xiii. 137 ‘Chup-chup!’..said Baboo, striking Assim..; ‘begone to the city—there's work for you there.’ 1901 R. Kipling Kim ix. 214 Again he heard a chuckle... ‘Chûp—or I break your head.’ 1989 R. P. Smith In Forest at Midnight 308 ‘Chup!’ she commanded, her eyes fierce. ‘Be quiet! It is not funny what you have done.’ 2016 Open (India) (Nexis) 14 Oct. Chup! You people always interrupt. B. adj. Quiet, silent. Frequently in to keep chup: to be quiet; to avoid talking about something secret or controversial, ‘to keep mum’.In earliest use in the British Army in India. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [adjective] unspeakinga1382 speechless1390 mutec1400 dumb1406 silenta1425 peaceablec1425 secretc1440 of few wordsa1500 tongue-tied1529 mum1532 closec1540 strait-laced1546 tongue-dumb1556 incommunicable1568 sparing1568 inconversable1577 retentive1599 wordless1604 mumbudget1622 uncommunicable1628 monastica1631 word-bound1644 on (also upon) the reserve1655 strait-mouthed1664 oyster-like1665 incommunicative1670 mumchance1681 speechless1726 taciturnous1727 tongue-tacked1727 monosyllabic1735 silentish1737 untalkative1739 silentious1749 buttoned-up1767 taciturn1771 close as wax1772 untittletattling1779 reticent1825 voiceless1827 say-nothing1838 unremonstrant1841 still1855 unvocal1858 inexpansive186. short-tongued1864 non-communicating1865 tight-lipped1876 unworded1886 chup1896 tongue-bound1906 shut-mouthed1936 zip-lipped1943 shtum1958 1896 J. M. MacDonald Baba Lōg vi. 72 The chaprasis, carrying the guns, were ordered by the Commissioner to keep chup..as no harm was done. 1907 A. Perrin Free Solitude iii. 35 ‘Oh, Ben!’ wailed Myra, ‘you sit, and sit, and are chup, and you will not promise to help me.’ 1926 Times of India 15 Oct. 6/7 Philip kept chup about all this, until a certain incident occurred at the wedding feast. 1956 National Assembly of Pakistan: Parl. Deb. 2 159 Mr. Speaker. Mr. Aleem please keep chup... You should not interrupt. 2007 Nation (Pakistan) (Nexis) 14 Feb. India resisted expressing its jubilation; it kept chup and made no response. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.adj.1824
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