chapped
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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.
noun
4.
a fissure or crack, especially in the skin.
5.
Scot. a knock; rap.
Related forms
un·chapped, adjective
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chap1 (tʃæp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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 | |
| chap3 (tʃɒp, tʃæp) | |
| —n | |
| a less common word for chop | |
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Medical Dictionary
chapped (chāpt)
adj.
Having or relating to skin that is dry, scaly, and fissured, owing to excessive evaporation of moisture from the skin surface.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
Another is her hands, weathered and chapped from exposure to the elements in the prisons where she was held.
T o o much wind and sun make the skin dry and chapped.
Wear a band-aid or otherwise cover a cut, scratch, or any other break in the skin such as rashes and chapped hands.
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