Noun
The sound made by sucking one's teeth.
Usage- Caribbean
- dialectal
- onomatopoeic
- Examples
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A loud steups followed.
He thought he heard a loud steups somewhere from the dark.
More examples (1)
When my mother heard this she let out a loud steups but said nothing.
Verb
To suck one's teeth, indicating disappointment, derision or disgust.
Usage- Caribbean
- Jamaica
- dialectal
- onomatopoeic
- Synonyms
- Examples
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‘Here?’ Petronella steups. ‘Where you think here is?’