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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.

[Middle English chappen.]

chap
Noun
Informal a man or boy [from Old English cēapman pedlar]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.chapchap - 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"
male person, male - a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
dog - informal term for a man; "you lucky dog"
2.chapchap - a long narrow depression in a surface
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
Verb1.chap - crack due to dehydration; "My lips chap in this dry weather"
crack - break partially but keep its integrity; "The glass cracked"

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
Spanish chap [tʃæp] n (BRIT) (col) (= man); tío, tipo;
old chap → amigo (mío)

French chap [tʃæp] n (Brit) (inf) (= man); type m (= term of address);
old chap → mon vieux vt [+ skin] → gercer, crevasser

German chap [tʃæp] (Brit) (inf) nKerl m, Typ m;
old chap → alter Knabe or Junge

Italian chap [tʃæp] n (BRIT ) (col) (= man); tipo
vt [+ skin] → screpolare;
old chap → vecchio mio

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