chap

chap ¹  (chp)

v. chapped, chap·ping, chaps

v.tr.

To cause (the skin) to roughen, redden, or crack, especially as a result of cold or exposure: The headwind chapped the cyclist's lips.

v.intr.

To split or become rough and sore: skin that chaps easily in winter.

n.

A sore roughening or splitting of the skin, caused especially by cold or exposure.

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[Middle English chappen.]

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chap ²  (chp)

n. Informal

A man or boy; a fellow.

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[Short for chapman.]

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chap¹

vb chaps, chapping, chapped

1. (Medicine) (of the skin) to make or become raw and cracked, esp by exposure to cold

2. Scot (of a clock) to strike (the hour)

3. Scot to knock (at a door, window, etc.)

n

1. (Medicine) (usually plural) a cracked or sore patch on the skin caused by chapping

2. Scot a knock

[probably of Germanic origin; compare Middle Dutch, German kappen to chop off]

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chap²

n

Informal a man or boy; fellow

[C16 (in the sense: buyer): shortened from chapman]

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chap³

n

a less common word for chop³

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chap - a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke" bloke, fella, fellow, lad, blighter, gent, feller, cuss male person, male - a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies dog - informal term for a man; "you lucky dog"
	2.	chap - a long narrow depression in a surface cranny, crevice, fissure, crack imprint, impression, depression - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
	3.	chap - a crack in a lip caused usually by cold crack, scissure, cleft, crevice, fissure - a long narrow opening
	4.	chap - (usually in the plural) leather leggings without a seat; joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over trousers by cowboys to protect their legs leg covering, legging, leging - a garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle) plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
Verb	1.	chap - crack due to dehydration; "My lips chap in this dry weather" crack - break partially but keep its integrity; "The glass cracked"

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chap

noun (Informal) fellow, man, person, individual, type, sort, customer (informal), character, guy (informal), bloke (Brit. informal), cove (slang), dude (U.S. & Canad. informal) Her husband's a very decent chap.

Translations

chap¹ [tʃæp]

A. N (on lip) → grieta f

B. VT → agrietar

C. VI → agrietarse

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chap² [tʃæp] N (= man) → tío m, tipo m
a chap I know → un tío que conozco
he's a nice chap → es buen chico, es buena persona
he's very deaf, poor chap → es muy sordo, el pobre
how are you, old chap? → ¿qué tal, amigo or (S. Cone) viejo?
be a good chap and say nothing → sé buen chico y no digas nada
poor little chap → pobrecito m

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chap³ [tʃæp] N (Anat) → mandíbula f; (= cheek) → mejilla f

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chap [ˈtʃæp]

n

(British) (= man) → type m
He's a nice chap → C'est un type sympa.

(= term of address) old chap → mon vieux

vt [+ skin] → gercer, crevasser

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chap¹

n (Med, of skin) he’s got chaps on his hands → seine Hände sind aufgesprungen or rau

vi (skin) → aufspringen

vt → spröde machen; chapped lips → aufgesprungene or raue Lippen pl

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chap²

n (Brit inf: = man) → Kerl m (inf), → Typ m (inf); old chap → alter Junge (inf) → or Knabe (inf); poor little chap → armer Kleiner!, armes Kerlchen!; now look here (you) chaps → hört mal zu, Jungs (inf)

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chap³ abbr of chapter → Kap.

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chap¹ [tʃæp] n (Brit) (fam) (man) → tipo, tizio
he's the sort of chap everyone likes → è il tipo di persona che piace a tutti
old chap → vecchio mio
poor little chap → povero piccolo

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chap¹ [tʃæp] n (Brit) (fam) (man) → tipo, tizio
he's the sort of chap everyone likes → è il tipo di persona che piace a tutti
old chap → vecchio mio
poor little chap → povero piccolo

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chap² [tʃæp]

1. n (on lip) → screpolatura

2. vt (skin) → screpolare

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chap² [tʃæp]

1. n (on lip) → screpolatura

2. vt (skin) → screpolare

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chap

n chap [tʃӕp]

a man He's a nice chap. ou, kêrel فَتى، غُلام، شابٌ صَغير разг. момче muž, mladík fyr der Kerl τύπος tío, tipo vennas مرد؛ پسر veikko type אִיש लड़का čovjek pasas orang náungi tipo やつ 녀석 vaikinas, vyrukas puisis; lāga zēns orang kerel fyr, kar facet rapaz tip парень chlapík poba momak karl, kille, grabb ผู้ชาย adam, delikanlı 傢伙，小伙子 хлопець بھلا مانس ، لڑکا thằng cha 人

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chap → فَتَى chlapík fyr Typ φιλαράκος tipo kundi gars čovjek tipo 男 녀석 kerel kar facet camarada трещина karl ผู้ชาย ahpap thằng cha 伙伴