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chap
I. \ˈchap\ verb
(chapped ; chapped ; chapping ; chaps)
Etymology: probably from Middle English chappen, chapien, from Old English cēapian — more at cheap
1. dialect England : buy, barter
2. Scotland : to fix upon : choose
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: short for chapman
1. now dialect England : buyer, customer, chapman
2. : man, boy, fellow
< a rare plum for a chap of 25 — F.B.Vickers >
< the newspaper chaps — Erle Stanley Gardner >
3. South & Midland : child, baby
III. verb
(chapped ; chapped ; chapping ; chaps)
Etymology: Middle English chappen; akin to Middle Dutch cappen to cut down, German dialect (southern Alsatian) kchapfe to chop up; all probably from a prehistoric E-D-German word borrowed from (assumed) Vulgar Latin cappare to castrate, cut, chop (whence Medieval Latin cappare to cut), from (assumed) Vulgar Latin cappo capon, from Latin capo — more at capon
transitive verb
1. Scotland : to break into small pieces : chop, pound
2.
a. : to cause to open in slits or chinks : split, crack
b. : to cause the skin of (as the face) to crack or become rough
3. chiefly Scotland : strike
< chap the hour >
: beat
intransitive verb
1. : to crack or open in slits
< the hands or lips chap >
2. chiefly Scotland : strike, knock, rap
IV. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from chappen to chop, become cracked
1. : a crack in or a sore roughening of the skin from exposure to wind or cold
2. Scotland : blow, rap, knock, stroke
V. \ˈchäp, -ap\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: chap (III)
1. usually plural
a. : one of the jaws or the fleshy covering of a jaw
< the animal's chaps were smeared with blood >
b. : the forepart of the face
< a dog hairless around the chaps >
< puckered a little about the chaps — Christopher Morley >
— called also chop
2. : one of the jaws or cheeks of a clamping tool (as a vise)
VI. abbreviation
1. chaplain
2. chapter |