chopse

verb

1. (Midlands, Wales)To loudly insult and subject to verbal abuse; to berate.

   “If you're being cheeky to someone in Wales, they'll probably ask the following: "Are you chopsing at me?"”

   “On there was one conversation that sounded like a confession by Tobin. "I said she's chopsing so I just put her to sleep like," Tobin told his father.”

   “The long-running disagreement boiled over after claims one of the neighbours had been "chopsing" to the son of the other and then eggs being thrown at a car.”

   “Obviously, playing for the Scarlets, I’ve "chopsed" a lot of these boys over the years, so when I signed I was thinking “oh shiiiit, how’s this going to go down?”

2. (Midlands, Wales)To chatter and gossip excessively.

   “Less chopsing, more chopping: hair salon launches a 'quiet chair'”

   “There were two men stood talking to the girl behind the bar, just while she served them, and a couple in their twenties sitting chopsing in one corner, but nobody Mary Jane or Freddy knew.”

   “For Kirstie, money is no object. She has never seen the side of life where every penny counts. This week she was chopsing on about how young people could all afford to buy their own homes if they gave up small treats like coffee and gym memberships.”