Definitions of Chap [ʃæp]

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Definition of 'Chap'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) chap
to crack, roughen, and redden (the skin).

2. chap
to cause (the ground, wood, etc.) to split or crack.

3. (v.i.) chap
to become chapped.

4. (n.) chap
a fissure or crack, esp. in the skin.

5. (n.) chap
Informal. fellow; guy.

Etymology: (1325–75; ME; of uncert. orig.)

Definition of 'Chap'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke
a boy or man
"that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke"

2. (noun) crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap
a long narrow depression in a surface

3. (noun) chap
a crack in a lip caused usually by cold

4. (verb) chap
(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

5. (verb) chap
crack due to dehydration
"My lips chap in this dry weather"

Definition of 'Chap'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Chap
a cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin

2. (noun) Chap
a division; a breach, as in a party

3. (noun) Chap
a blow; a rap

4. (noun) Chap
one of the jaws or the fleshy covering of a jaw; -- commonly in the plural, and used of animals, and colloquially of human beings

5. (noun) Chap
one of the jaws or cheeks of a vise, etc

6. (noun) Chap
a buyer; a chapman

7. (noun) Chap
a man or boy; a youth; a fellow

8. (verb) Chap
to cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough

9. (verb) Chap
to strike; to beat

10. (verb) Chap
to crack or open in slits; as, the earth chaps; the hands chap

11. (verb) Chap
to strike; to knock; to rap

12. (verb) Chap
to bargain; to buy

Translation of 'Chap'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a man He's a nice chap.
Afrikaans: ou, kêrel	Arabic: فَتى، غُلام، شابٌ صَغير	Bulgarian: разг. момче
Brazilian: rapaz	Czech: muž, mladík	German: der Kerl
Danish: fyr	Greek: τύπος	Spanish: tío, tipo
Estonian: vennas	Farsi: مرد؛ پسر	Finnish: mies
French: type	Hebrew: אִיש	Hindi: लड़का
Croatian: čovjek	Hungarian: pasas	Indonesian: orang
Icelandic: náungi	Italian: tipo	Japanese: やつ
Korean: 녀석	Lithuanian: vaikinas, vyrukas	Latvian: puisis; lāga zēns
Malay: orang	Dutch: kerel	Norwegian: fyr, kar
Polish: facet	Persian: مرد؛ پسر	Pashto: سړی
Portuguese: rapaz	Romanian: tip	Russian: парень
Slovak: chlapík	Slovenian: poba	Serbian: momak
Swedish: karl, kille, grabb	Thai: ผู้ชาย	Turkish: adam, delikanlı
Taiwanese: 傢伙，小伙子	Ukrainian: хлопець	Urdu: بھلا مانس ، لڑکا
Vietnamese: thằng cha	Chinese: 小伙子，小家伙，家伙
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