English Explanatory Dictionary

chap

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A man, a fellow.
  2. A customer, a buyer.
  3. A child.
verb
  1. Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.
  2. To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
  3. To strike, knock.
noun
  1. A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.
  2. A division; a breach, as in a party.
  3. A blow; a rap.
noun
  1. The jaw.
  2. One of the jaws or cheeks of a vice, etc.
noun
  1. Obsolete form of chop (“Asian seal used on documents”).
noun
  1. Clipping of chapter (“division of a text”).
name
  1. Initialism of Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol.
name
  1. A surname from Khmer.

Pronunciation

/t͡ʃæp/ en-us-chap.ogg EN-AU ck1 chap.ogg

Word forms

chap chaps chapping chapped

Etymology

Clipping of chapman (“dealer, customer”) in 16th-century English.

Synonyms

bloke boy bro broski bruh cat chap chappy chield cove covey dog [⇒ thesaurus] (slang) dawg dude fella fellow gadgie gate geezer gink gloak gome guy health homeboy homey joe lede nigga ninja omi pillicock punk rooster seg shalk wallah wer were wye

Related words

chop chap chye chap lau chu chaps kway chap Chap laps

Derived words

chapess chapette chap-hop chappie chappish Chappism Chappist chappo old chap chap someone's hide chapped chapstick chapt chappy chapfallen chapless
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