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chap

1   [chap] verb, chapped, chap·ping, noun
verb (used with object)
1.
to crack, roughen, and redden (the skin): The windy, cold weather chapped her lips.
2.
to cause (the ground, wood, etc.) to split, crack, or open in clefts: The summer heat and drought chapped the riverbank.
verb (used without object)
3.
to become chapped.

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noun
4.
a fissure or crack, especially in the skin.
5.
Scot. a knock; rap.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English chappen; cognate with Dutch kappen to cut; akin to chip1

Related forms
un·chapped, adjective
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chap

2   [chap]
noun
1.
Informal. a fellow; man or boy.
2.
Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a baby or young child.
3.
British Dialect. a customer.
Origin:
1570–80; short for chapman

chap

3   [chop, chap]
noun
chop3.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English; perhaps special use of chap1

chap.

 
1.
Chaplain.
2.
chapter.
Also, Chap.
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chap1 (tʃæp)
 
—vb , chaps, chapping, chapped
1.  (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
4.  (usually plural) a cracked or sore patch on the skin caused by chapping
5.  (Scot) a knock
 
[C14: probably of Germanic origin; compare Middle Dutch, German kappen to chop off]

chap2 (tʃæp)
 
—n
informal a man or boy; fellow
 
[C16 (in the sense: buyer): shortened from chapman]

chap3 (tʃɒp, tʃæp)
 
—n
a less common word for chop

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Word Origin & History

chap
1577, "customer," short for obsolete chapman (see cheap). Colloquial sense of "lad, fellow" is first attested 1716 (cf. slang tough customer).
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chap
"to crack," early 15c., chappen, variant of choppen (see chop). The noun meaning "fissure in the skin" is from late 14c.
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chap definition


  1. tv.
    to anger or annoy someone. (See also chapped.) : That whole business really chapped me.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Computing Dictionary

CHAP definition


Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol

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CHAP
Community Health Accreditation Program
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