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chap 1
(chăp)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
(chăp)n. Chiefly British
A man or boy; a fellow.
[Short for chapman.]
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chap
(tʃæp)vb, chaps, chapping or chapped
1. (Medicine) (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. (Medicine) (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]
chap
(tʃæp) orchappy
n, pl chaps or chappies
informal a man or boy; fellow
[C16 (in the sense: buyer): shortened from chapman]
chap
(tʃɒp; tʃæp)n
a less common word for chop3
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chap1
(tʃæp)v. chapped, chap•ping,
n. v.t.
1. to crack, roughen, and redden (the skin).
2. to cause (the ground, wood, etc.) to split or crack.
v.i. 3. to become chapped.
n. 4. a fissure or crack, esp. in the skin.
[1275–1325; Middle English chappen; akin to Middle Dutch, Middle Low German kappen to cut]
chap2
(tʃæp)n.
Informal. fellow; guy.
[1570–80; short for chapman]
chap3
(tʃɒp, tʃæp)n.
[1325–75; Middle English; of uncertain orig.]
chap.
or Chap.,
1. Chaplain.
2. chapter.
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chap
Past participle: chapped
Gerund: chapping
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| Noun | 1. |  chap - a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke"male person, male - a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies dog - informal term for a man; "you lucky dog" |
| 2. |  chap - a long narrow depression in a surfaceimprint, impression, depression - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" | |
| 3. | chap - a crack in a lip caused usually by cold | |
| 4. | chap - (usually in the plural) leather leggings without a seat; joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over trousers by cowboys to protect their legs leg covering, legging, leging - a garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle) plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one | |
| Verb | 1. | chap - crack due to dehydration; "My lips chap in this dry weather" crack - break partially but keep its integrity; "The glass cracked" |
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chap
noun (Informal) fellow, man, person, individual, type, sort, customer (informal), character, guy (informal), bloke (Brit. informal), cove (slang), dude (U.S. & Canad. informal) Her husband's a very decent chap.
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chap
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Translations
رَجُلفَتى، غُلام، شابٌ صَغير
chlapíkmladíkmuž
fyr
kundi
čovjek
náungi
男
녀석
vaikinasvyrukas
lāga zēnspuisis
karl
ผู้ชาย
thằng cha
chap
1 [tʃæp]A. N (on lip) → grieta f
B. VT → agrietar
C. VI → agrietarse
chap
2 [tʃæp] N (= man) → tío m, tipo ma chap I know → un tío que conozco
he's a nice chap → es buen chico, es buena persona
he's very deaf, poor chap → es muy sordo, el pobre
how are you, old chap? → ¿qué tal, amigo or (S. Cone) viejo?
be a good chap and say nothing → sé buen chico y no digas nada
poor little chap → pobrecito m
chap
3 [tʃæp] N (Anat) → mandíbula f; (= cheek) → mejilla fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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chap
1n (Med, of skin) he’s got chaps on his hands → seine Hände sind aufgesprungen or rau
vi (skin) → aufspringen
chap
2n (Brit inf: = man) → Kerl m (inf), → Typ m (inf); old chap → alter Junge (inf) → or Knabe (inf); poor little chap → armer Kleiner!, armes Kerlchen!; now look here (you) chaps → hört mal zu, Jungs (inf)
chap
3 abbr of chapter → Kap.Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
chap
1 [tʃæp] n (Brit) (fam) (man) → tipo, tiziohe's the sort of chap everyone likes → è il tipo di persona che piace a tutti
old chap → vecchio mio
poor little chap → povero piccolo
chap
2 [tʃæp]1. n (on lip) → screpolatura
2. vt (skin) → screpolare
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chap
(tʃӕp) noun a man. He's a nice chap.
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chap
→ رَجُل chlapík fyr Typ φιλαράκος tipo kundi gars čovjek tipo 男 녀석 kerel kar facet camarada парень karl ผู้ชาย ahbap thằng cha 伙伴Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
chap
n. hendidura, raja, grieta.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
chap
vi (pret & pp chapped) agrietarse, partirse (la piel o los labios)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.