chap in English dictionary

  • chap

    Meanings and definitions of "chap"

    • (dialectal) a customer, a buyer
    • (intransitive) Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.
    • noun
      A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A division; a breach, as in a party.
    • noun
      (Scotland)
      A blow; a rap.
    • noun
      (dated outside Britain and Australia)
      A man, a fellow.
    • noun
      (Britain, dialectal)
      A customer, a buyer.
    • noun
      (Southern US)
      A child.
    • noun
      (archaic)
      The jaw (often in plural).
    • noun
      One of the jaws or cheeks of a vice, etc.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
    • verb
      (Scotland, Northern England)
      To strike, knock.
    • A man or fellow
    • noun
      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"
    • noun
      a crack in a lip caused usually by cold
    • noun
      a long narrow depression in a surface
    • noun
      (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"

    Synonyms of "chap" in English dictionary

    depression, cleft, blighter are the top synonyms of "chap" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of chap

    • chap ( third-person singular simple present chaps, present participle chapping, simple past and past participle chapped)
    • chap ( plural  chaps)
    • chap (plural chaps)
    • chap (third-person singular simple present chaps, present participle chapping, simple past and past participle chapped)
  • CHAP

    Meanings and definitions of "chap"

    • proper
      (computing)
      Initialism of [i]Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol[/i].
  • Chap

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