[chap] 
verb, chapped, chap⋅ping, noun | 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. |
| 3. | to become chapped. |
| 4. | a fissure or crack, esp. in the skin. |
| 5. | Scot. a knock; rap. |
| chap 1 (chāp) 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.] |
chapped (chāpt)
adj.
Having or relating to skin that is dry, scaly, and fissured, owing to excessive evaporation of moisture from the skin surface.
