3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Chap \Chap\ (ch[a^]p or ch[o^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chapped} (ch[a^]pt or ch[o^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Chapping}.] [See {Chop} to cut.] 1. To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough. [1913 Webster] Then would unbalanced heat licentious reign, Crack the dry hill, and chap the russet plain. --Blackmore. [1913 Webster] Nor winter's blast chap her fair face. --Lyly. [1913 Webster] 2. To strike; to beat. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: chapping See {chap} From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: chap n 1: a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss" [syn: {fellow}, {feller}, {lad}, {gent}, {fella}, {blighter}, {cuss}] 2: a long narrow depression in a surface [syn: {crevice}, {cranny}, {crack}, {fissure}] 3: a crack in a lip caused usually by cold 4: (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 v : crack due to dehydration; "My lips chap in this dry weather" [also: {chapping}, {chapped}]
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