chap has definitions from the field of clothing
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[ noun ] a boy or man

Examples

"that chap is your host" "there's a fellow at the door" "he's a likable cuss"

Used in print

(The Providence Journal...)

For the hero of this work by John_Osborne and Anthony_Creighton is a chap embittered by more than the lack of beer during a jam_session .

Related terms

male dog

2
[ noun ] a crack in a lip caused usually by cold

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crack

3
[ noun ] a long narrow depression in a surface

Related terms

depression fissure

4
[ verb ] crack due to dehydration, as of skin or lips

Examples

"My lips chap in this dry weather"

Related terms

crack

5
[ noun ] (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

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legging plural

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