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The definition of a chap is a man or boy.

(noun)

A man is an example of a chap.

To chap is defined as to become cracked or dry.

(verb)

When your skin becomes dry and prone to cracking, this is an example of a time when your skin begins to chap.

See chap in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

chop

Origin: prob. < ME cheppe < ?

noun

Informal a man or boy; fellow

Origin: < chapman

transitive verb, intransitive verb chapped or chapt, chapping

to crack open; split; roughen, as the skin from exposure to cold

Origin: ME chappen, var. of choppen: see chop

noun

a chapped place in the skin

chaplain
chapter

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verb chapped chapped, chap·ping, chaps

verb, transitive

To cause (the skin) to roughen, redden, or crack, especially as a result of cold or exposure: The headwind chapped the cyclist's lips.

verb, intransitive

To split or become rough and sore: skin that chaps easily in winter.

noun

A sore roughening or splitting of the skin, caused especially by cold or exposure.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English chappen

noun
Informal

A man or boy; a fellow.

Origin:

Origin: Short for chapman

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