chap
/t͡ʃæp/ verb C2- Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.
- To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
He/she/it chaps · Past chapped · Past participle chapped · -ing form chapping
Verb forms
- Base form
- chap
- He/she/it
- chaps
- Past
- chapped
- Past participle
- chapped
- -ing form
- chapping
From the library
What else can a strapping chap of twenty-one mean with a fine wench of seventeen?”
“I’ve seen many a drunk chap in my time,” he said, “but never anyone so cryin’ drunk as that cove.
He was a long chap, with a red face, the lower part muffled round——”
The little chap has saved our lives now.”
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