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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.
1abbreviation for
- chaplain
- chapter
chap
2/ ʃæ /
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
chap
3/ ʃæ /
noun
- informal.a man or boy; fellow
chap
4/ tʃɒp; ʃæ /
noun
- a less common word for chop 3
Other yvlog Forms
- ܲ· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of chap1
Origin of chap2
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of chap1
Origin of chap2
Example Sentences
And to answer Roan’s initial “chaps” question, there are some country singers, both historical and contemporary, who most definitely recognize the genre’s queer possibilities.
“The chaps there, we call them,” he said, a term I had never heard for chapines — Guatemalans.
If untended, it has below the green top what some people call “petticoats” of dead leaves, but I think they look like those furry chaps that silent movie cowboys used to wear.
Remembering her stepson as "an amazing chap", Ms Dyche, who lives near Leominster, said: "He only had to walk into the house and it put a smile on my face."
"He is just as funny off stage as he is on stage, a great chap, I like him," said David.
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