Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo reserve (a place), such as a seat in a fast food restaurant, sometimes by placing a packet of tissue paper on it.
From Malay chup (“a cry in a game requesting a halt or the retraction of a stroke”), possibly from Hindi चुप (cup, “silence!”).
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