chelp

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chelp

(tʃɛlp)

vb (intr)

1. (esp of women or children) to chatter or speak out of turn: she's always chelping at the teacher.

2. (Zoology) (of birds) to squeak or chirp

[C19: perhaps from ch(irp) + (y)elp]

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chelp

Past participle: chelped
Gerund: chelping

Imperative
chelp
chelp

Present
I chelp
you chelp
he/she/it chelps
we chelp
you chelp
they chelp

Preterite
I chelped
you chelped
he/she/it chelped
we chelped
you chelped
they chelped

Present Continuous
I am chelping
you are chelping
he/she/it is chelping
we are chelping
you are chelping
they are chelping

Present Perfect
I have chelped
you have chelped
he/she/it has chelped
we have chelped
you have chelped
they have chelped

Past Continuous
I was chelping
you were chelping
he/she/it was chelping
we were chelping
you were chelping
they were chelping

Past Perfect
I had chelped
you had chelped
he/she/it had chelped
we had chelped
you had chelped
they had chelped

Future
I will chelp
you will chelp
he/she/it will chelp
we will chelp
you will chelp
they will chelp

Future Perfect
I will have chelped
you will have chelped
he/she/it will have chelped
we will have chelped
you will have chelped
they will have chelped

Future Continuous
I will be chelping
you will be chelping
he/she/it will be chelping
we will be chelping
you will be chelping
they will be chelping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been chelping
you have been chelping
he/she/it has been chelping
we have been chelping
you have been chelping
they have been chelping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been chelping
you will have been chelping
he/she/it will have been chelping
we will have been chelping
you will have been chelping
they will have been chelping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been chelping
you had been chelping
he/she/it had been chelping
we had been chelping
you had been chelping
they had been chelping

Conditional
I would chelp
you would chelp
he/she/it would chelp
we would chelp
you would chelp
they would chelp

Past Conditional
I would have chelped
you would have chelped
he/she/it would have chelped
we would have chelped
you would have chelped
they would have chelped

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