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chap
1[ chap ]
verb (used with object)
- to crack, roughen, and redden (the skin):
The windy, cold weather chapped her lips.
- to cause (the ground, wood, etc.) to split, crack, or open in clefts:
The summer heat and drought chapped the riverbank.
verb (used without object)
- to become chapped.
noun
- a fissure or crack, especially in the skin.
- Scot. a knock; rap.
chap
2[ chap ]
noun
- Chiefly British Informal: Older Use. a fellow; man or boy.
- Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a baby or young child.
- British Dialect. a customer.
chap
3[ chop, chap ]
noun
- Usually chaps. chop 3( def 1 ).
chap.
4abbreviation for
- Chaplain.
- chapter.
chap
1/ tʃɒp; tʃæp /
chap.
2abbreviation for
- chaplain
- chapter
chap
3/ tʃæp /
noun
- informal.a man or boy; fellow
chap
4/ tʃæp /
verb
- (of the skin) to make or become raw and cracked, esp by exposure to cold
- (of a clock) to strike (the hour)
- to knock (at a door, window, etc)
noun
- usually plural a cracked or sore patch on the skin caused by chapping
- a knock
Other Words From
- un·chapped adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of chap1
Origin of chap2
Word History and Origins
Origin of chap1
Origin of chap2
Example Sentences
Sure, you may call this petty, but it really does chap my hide!
Little wiry chap, with silvery hair, bright brown eyes and plenty of wrinkles.
He survived a penniless childhood and a brutal war and emerged by all accounts an admirable chap.
Then, handing me back my iPad, he said nonchalantly in a really good mock-English accent, “Sorry, chap, my dance card is full.”
Just minutes earler, a chap wearing a Prince William mask tried to gain entry to the hospital via the main entrance.
And since he was a very fast runner—for short distances—he met Grandfather Mole just as the old chap was crawling up the bank.
A groom is a chap, that a gentleman keeps to clean his 'osses, and be blown up, when things go wrong.
But he watched Grandfather Mole narrowly, with a grin on his face, to see what the old chap would do.
The strenuous efforts made by the Spaniards to secure their release are fully referred to in Chap.
"No, old chap," I answered, pulling the long ears gently till he smiled.
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