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chap

1

[ chap ]

verb (used with object)

chapped, chapping.
  1. to crack, roughen, and redden (the skin):

    The windy, cold weather chapped her lips.

  2. 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)

chapped, chapping.
  1. to become chapped.

noun

  1. a fissure or crack, especially in the skin.
  2. Scot. a knock; rap.

chap

2

[ chap ]

noun

  1. Chiefly British Informal: Older Use. a fellow; man or boy.
  2. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a baby or young child.
  3. British Dialect. a customer.

chap

3

[ chop, chap ]

noun

  1. Usually chaps. chop 3( def 1 ).

chap.

4
or Chap.

abbreviation for

  1. Chaplain.
  2. chapter.

chap.

1

abbreviation for

  1. chaplain
  2. chapter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

chap

2

/ ʃæ /

verb

  1. (of the skin) to make or become raw and cracked, esp by exposure to cold
  2. (of a clock) to strike (the hour)
  3. to knock (at a door, window, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. usually plural a cracked or sore patch on the skin caused by chapping
  2. a knock
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

chap

3

/ ʃæ /

noun

  1. informal.
    a man or boy; fellow
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

chap

4

/ tʃɒp; ʃæ /

noun

  1. a less common word for chop 3
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of chap1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English chappen “(of a fruit) to split open, burst; (of skin) to crack, chap”; cognate with Dutch kappen “to cut”; akin to chip 1

Origin of chap2

First recorded in 1570–80; short for chapman none

Origin of chap3

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English chop, chappe “jaw, jawbone”; perhaps special use of chap 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of chap1

C14: probably of Germanic origin; compare Middle Dutch, German kappen to chop off

Origin of chap2

C16 (in the sense: buyer): shortened from chapman
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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.

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“The chaps there, we call them,” he said, a term I had never heard for chapines — Guatemalans.

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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.

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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."

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"He is just as funny off stage as he is on stage, a great chap, I like him," said David.

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