chap
1to crack, roughen, and redden (the skin): The windy, cold weather chapped her lips.
to cause (the ground, wood, etc.) to split, crack, or open in clefts: The summer heat and drought chapped the riverbank.
to become chapped.
a fissure or crack, especially in the skin.
Scot. a knock; rap.
Origin of chap
1Other words from chap
- un·chapped, adjective
Other definitions for chap (2 of 4)
Chiefly British Informal: Older Use. a fellow; man or boy.
Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a baby or young child.
British Dialect. a customer.
Origin of chap
2Other definitions for chap (3 of 4)
Usually chaps . chop3 (def. 1).
Origin of chap
3Other definitions for chap. (4 of 4)
Chaplain.
chapter.
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How to use chap in a sentence
At the door-step stood a woman in black, and she smiled largely, with dry chapped lips.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingThe boy, who wore no overcoat, stamped his feet, and thrust his chapped and reddened hands into his threadbare pockets.
The Code of the Mountains | Charles Neville BuckHe laid his chapped hands on the side board of the bunk and pulled himself up on his legs.
The Magnetic North | Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)This kind of soap is excellent for shaving, and chapped hands—it is also good for eruptions on the face.
The American Housewife | AnonymousWhen all in like manner have been chapped out, and are facing the open, the game is finished.
British Dictionary definitions for chap (1 of 4)
/ (tʃæp) /
(of the skin) to make or become raw and cracked, esp by exposure to cold
Scot (of a clock) to strike (the hour)
Scot to knock (at a door, window, etc)
(usually plural) a cracked or sore patch on the skin caused by chapping
Scot a knock
Origin of chap
1British Dictionary definitions for chap (2 of 4)
/ (tʃæp) /
informal a man or boy; fellow
Origin of chap
2British Dictionary definitions for chap (3 of 4)
/ (tʃɒp, tʃæp) /
a less common word for chop 3
British Dictionary definitions for chap. (4 of 4)
chaplain
chapter
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