[chaps, shaps] 
) | a pair of joined leather leggings, often widely flared, worn over trousers, esp. by cowboys, as protection against burs, rope burns, etc., while on horseback. |
[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. | Informal. a fellow; man or boy. |
| 2. | Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a baby or young child. |
| 3. | British Dialect. a customer. |
[chop] | 1. | Usually, chops. the jaw. |
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| 3. | an entranceway, as into a body of water. |
| 4. | Horology. either of two pieces clasping the end of the suspension spring of a pendulum. |
| 5. | bust one's chops, Slang. to exert oneself. |
| 6. | bust someone's chops, Slang. to annoy with nagging or criticism: Stop busting my chops—I'll get the job done. |
| 7. | lick one's chops, to await with pleasure; anticipate; relish: He was already licking his chops over the expected inheritance. |
| 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.] |
| chap 2 (chāp) n. Informal A man or boy; a fellow. [Short for chapman.] |
| chaps (chāps, shāps) pl.n. Heavy leather trousers without a seat, worn over ordinary trousers by ranch hands to protect their legs. [Short for American Spanish chaparreras, from Spanish chaparro, chaparral; see chaparral.] |
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