Meaning
To make the drawn-out sucking sound with the teeth and lips that expresses annoyance, contempt, disgust, or dismissal — the sound itself written as 'stchuups' or 'tchups'. A whole message in one noise: to 'kiss teeth' at someone is to show you are vexed with or unbothered by them. Ubiquitous across Jamaica and the diaspora.
Examples
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She kiss har teeth an walk weh.
She sucked her teeth and walked away.
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Nuh kiss yuh teeth pon mi!
Don't suck your teeth at me!
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Him kiss teeth when him hear di price.
He sucked his teeth when he heard the price.
Origin
An African-derived paralinguistic gesture (compare across West Africa and the Caribbean); the sound spelled 'stchuups'. See [[cut-eye]], [[screw-face]].
How it’s used
The teeth-sucking sound of contempt/annoyance; = suck teeth / stchuups. See [[cut-eye]], [[screw-face]].