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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chap

Noun

Informal a man or boy [from Old English cēapman pedlar]

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)

Translations

chap [tʃæp] n (BRIT) (col) (= man); tío, tipo;

old chap → amigo (mío)

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chap [tʃæp] n (Brit) (inf) (= man); type m (= term of address);

old chap → mon vieux vt [+ skin] → gercer, crevasser

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chap [tʃæp] (Brit) (inf) n → Kerl m, Typ m;

old chap → alter Knabe or Junge

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chap [tʃæp] n (BRIT ) (col) (= man); tipo

vt [+ skin] → screpolare;

old chap → vecchio mio

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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, 사나이 vaikinas, vyrukas puisis; lāga zēns orang kerel fyr, kar facet rapaz tip парень chlapík poba momak karl, kille, grabb ผู้ชาย adam, delikanlı 人 хлопець بھلا مانس ، لڑکا thằng cha 人