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Chap   /tʃæp/   Listen
Chap

noun
1.
A boy or man.  Synonyms: blighter, bloke, cuss, fella, feller, fellow, gent, lad.  "There's a fellow at the door" , "He's a likable cuss" , "He's a good bloke"
2.
A long narrow depression in a surface.  Synonyms: crack, cranny, crevice, fissure.
3.
A crack in a lip caused usually by cold.
4.
(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.
verb
(past & past part. chapped; pres. part. chapping)
1.
Crack due to dehydration.






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"Chap" Quotes from Famous Books



... entertainments, and I take her to as many as I can. I want her to know children and to be with them as much as possible. Several little girls have learned to spell on their fingers and are very proud of the accomplishment. One little chap, about seven, was persuaded to learn the letters, and he spelled his name for Helen. She was delighted, and showed her joy, by hugging and kissing him, ...
— Story of My Life • Helen Keller

... (freeholders), it should be entitled to elect two representatives to the Assembly, as well as having the right of voting for representatives for the Province at large. Eleven members besides the Speaker were to form a quorum." (Tuttle's History of the Dominion of Canada, Chap, li., ...
— The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 - From 1620-1816 • Edgerton Ryerson

... true, I'm afraid. When I was a little chap no bigger than you, I used to hear tell about these things, but I gave no heed to them then, and I've forgotten all I ever heard. I've been thinking a deal lately since I was took so bad, and some of it seems to come back to me. But I can't rightly ...
— Christie's Old Organ - Or, "Home, Sweet Home" • Mrs. O. F. Walton

... any poor unfortunate devil that wanted to be eased and comforted," he said, "I should tell him about you, Little Brick. You have been very good to me. You may be clever, but you have never worried my stupid brain with too much scholarship. I'm just an ignorant chap, and you've ...
— Ships That Pass In The Night • Beatrice Harraden

... sat up with a jerk and cried, "For Heaven's sake, don't you go and desert me, my dear chap! You don't know what my nerves ...
— Arsene Lupin • Edgar Jepson


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