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Added 7 October 2026

chap

/t͡ʃæp/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about chap at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A boy or man.
that chap is your host
A long narrow depression in a surface.
A crack in a lip caused usually by cold.

verb

Crack due to dehydration.
My lips chap in this dry weather

Origin

Clipping of chapman (“dealer, customer”) in 16th-century English.

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