chop mouth
Naija
Etymology
From: Naija chop
Pronunciation
t͡ʃɔ̀p máùt Play
Verb Phrase
- Make person no dey talk come outside wellwell/ Make person word no clear.
- Wetin you dey talk? If you want cry, cry. No come here con dey talk dey cry, dey chop mouth like pikin — (What are you saying? If you want to speak, speak, if you want to cry, cry. Don't come here, crying and biting your lips.)
- Make person dey do like sey im know di lyrics.
- Una choir members na minus 1, de just dey chop mouth. — (Your choristers can't really sing, they barely know the lyrics.)
- Make person dey talk nonsense.
- We dey talk about football team you dey chop mouth dey mention Chelsea. Dat one na team? — (Why are you mentioning Chelsea when we are talking about football? Is that even a football team?).
- Make person kiss person.
- I catch bros and dat babe dey chop mouth o. — (I caught brother and that lady kissing. )
- Make person talk wetin no be true.
- Politicians sabi chop mouth for Nigeria. — (Politicians lie a lot in Nigeria.)
Antonym
Translation
English: lip sync, mumble, say nonsense, kiss, lie