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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.
chap.
4abbreviation
Chaplain.
chapter.
chap
1/ 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.
2abbreviation
chaplain
chapter
chap
3/ ʃæ /
noun
informala man or boy; fellow
chap
4/ tʃɒp, ʃæ /
noun
a less common word for chop 3
Other 51Թ Forms
- unchapped adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of chap1
Origin of chap2
Example Sentences
I saw all these men in jeans, most in boots and cowboy hats, and some in leather chaps.
"Someone chapped my door and I let them in."
Attendees wore bedazzled cowboy boots and hats; chaps; fringe and leather; red, white and blue; outfits inspired by Beyoncé’s past tours and video looks; and, of course, denim on denim on denim.
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.
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