gup-shup
- noun
- Indian
:
charlas
- We had a lovely gup-shup over coffee yesterday.
Examples
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Every evening, the neighbors gather for some gup-shup on the porch.
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She enjoys the friendly gup-shup whenever old friends get together.
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A bit of gup-shup during lunch breaks helps everyone relax at work.
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Did you enjoy the gup-shup at the party?
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A bit of gup-shup during lunch breaks helps everyone relax at work.
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Every evening, the neighbors gather for some gup-shup on the porch.
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She enjoys the friendly gup-shup whenever old friends get together.
Synonyms
65
2.1
Polite short talk about simple topics like the weather
28
2.0
Friendly, light talk about unimportant things
12
7.1
A short friendly talk between people
5
8.9
A short informal private talk between people
4
9.1
A short informal talk between people
4
8.7
A friendly informal talk to make people like you and build contacts
1
8.8
A friendly informal meeting where people talk a lot
1
8.4
A friendly relaxed chat between people, often over coffee
1
8.2
A long friendly talk that people use to persuade or catch up
1
9.5
Light talk between people with little meaning
A friendly informal chat between people who know each other
Light informal chat between people to enjoy themselves
Light friendly talk about small unimportant things, often gossip
An informal friendly chat to make a useful connection
A friendly, informal talk about personal news
An informal meeting where sailors from two ships talk
Antonyms
How Casual
- Indian
- Informal
7
3.0
- Informal
269
1.0
947
1.0
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gup-shup comes from Hindi and Urdu gupshup, which means 'chat' or 'friendly talk'. Its repeated, playful sound makes it feel light and casual, so gup-shup means an informal conversation among friends.