English to English
chap
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noun (n)
- a crack in a lip caused usually by cold(noun.object)source: wordnet30
- (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: wordnet30
- 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
verb (v)
- crack due to dehydration(verb.change)Example:
My lips chap in this dry weather.
source: wordnet30 - 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 chaps; the hands chap.(verb)source: webster1913
- To bargain; to buy.(verb)source: webster1913