Chap - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|tʃæp|
Brit.
|tʃæp|
noun
- a boy or man (syn: blighter, bloke, cuss, fella, feller, fellow, gent, lad)
- a crack in a lip caused usually by cold
- (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
that chap is your host
- a long narrow depression in a surface (syn: crack, cranny, crevice, fissure)- a crack in a lip caused usually by cold
- (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
verb
- crack due to dehydration
My lips chap in this dry weather
Extra examples
My lips chap in this dry weather
He's a dozy old chap.
...an Oxford don who's definitely a pernickety old chap...
...one young chap was trying to quieten down the group...
A chap called Bates got bunked for stealing.
The Sunday Times would absolutely eat this chap.
He was a quiet chap, married with kids. That's about it, really.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: chap
he/she/it: chaps
present participle: chapping
past tense: chapped
past participle: chapped
I/you/we/they: chap
he/she/it: chaps
present participle: chapping
past tense: chapped
past participle: chapped
noun
singular: chap
plural: chaps
singular: chap
plural: chaps
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