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Definition chap

Etymology 1

Shortened from chapman (“dealer, customer”) in 16th century English.

Noun

chap (plural chaps)

  1. (dated outside Britain and Australia) A man, a fellow.
  2. (Britain, dialectal) A customer, a buyer.
  3. (Southern US) A child.

Etymology 2

From Middle English chappen (“to split open, burst, chap”), of uncertain origin. Compare Middle English choppen (“to chop”), Dutch kappen (“to cut, chop, hack”). Perhaps related to chip.

Verb

chap (third-person singular simple present chaps, present participle chapping, simple past and past participle chapped)

  1. (intransitive) Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.
  2. (transitive) To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
  3. (Scotland, Northern England) To strike, knock.
Noun

chap (plural chaps)

  1. A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.
  2. (obsolete) A division; a breach, as in a party.
  3. (Scotland) A blow; a rap.

Etymology 3

From Northern English chafts (“jaws”). Compare also Middle English cheppe (“one side of the jaw, chap”).

Noun

chap (plural chaps)

  1. (archaic, often in the plural) The jaw.
  2. One of the jaws or cheeks of a vice, etc.

Etymology 4

Shortening

Noun

chap (plural chaps)

  1. (Internet slang) Abbreviation of chapter. (division of a text)

Results 465 Words with the letters CHAP

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9 letter words with the letters CHAP 
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6 letter words with the letters CHAP 
APACHE 14
CALIPH 15
CARHOP 14
CHAMPS 17
CHAMPY 19
CHAPEL 15
CHAPES 14
CHEAPO 14
CHEAPS 14
COPRAH 14
EPARCH 14
HAPTIC 14
HEPCAT 14
HUBCAP 18
PACHAS 14
PAINCH 15
PATCHY 16
PAUNCH 16
PEACHY 16
PECHAN 15
PHASIC 14
PHATIC 14
PLANCH 16
PLEACH 15
POACHY 16
PREACH 14
SCARPH 14
5 letter words with the letters CHAP 
CAPHS 13
CHAMP 16
CHAPE 13
CHAPS 13
CHAPT 13
CHEAP 13
PACHA 13
PARCH 13
PATCH 13
PEACH 13
POACH 13
4 letter words with the letters CHAP 
CAPH 12
CHAP 12
3 letter words with the letters CHAP 
CAP 9
HAP 8
PAC 9
PAH 8
2 letter words with the letters CHAP 
AH 4
HA 4
PA 5

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