English dictionary

chap

/tS//A/p/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a boy or man

noun.person

Examples
That chap is your host.

Synonyms blighter bloke cuss fella feller fellow gent lad

Source: WordNet 3.0
a long narrow depression in a surface

noun.shape

Synonyms crack cranny crevice fissure

Source: WordNet 3.0
a crack in a lip caused usually by cold

noun.object

Source: WordNet 3.0
(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

noun.artifact

Source: WordNet 3.0
A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.

noun

Source: webster1913
One of the jaws or the fleshy covering of a jaw; -- commonly in the plural, and used of animals, and colloquially of human beings.

noun

Source: webster1913
A buyer; a chapman.

noun

Source: webster1913

crack due to dehydration

verb.change

Examples
My lips chap in this dry weather.

Source: WordNet 3.0
To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.

verb

Source: webster1913
To crack or open in slits; as, the earth <i>chaps</i>; the hands <i>chap</i>.

verb

Source: webster1913
To bargain; to buy.

verb

Source: webster1913