chap

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymsfellowfellerfellaladgentblightercussbloke

   Broadermale

   Narrowerdog
2. 2.

   a long narrow depression in a surface

   Synonymscrevicecrannycrackfissure

   Broaderdepression
3. 3.

   a crack in a lip caused usually by cold

   Broadercrack
4. 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

   Broaderlegging

   plural

1. 1.

   crack due to dehydration

   “My lips chap in this dry weather”

   Broadercrack

Other forms of chap

plural

chaps·

past tense or participle

chapped

present participle

chapping

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chap

What does chap mean?

chap means "a boy or man". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chap?

chap has 1 syllable: chap. In IPA it is /ˈtʃæp/.

What is another word for chap?

Close synonyms include fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chap a common word?

chap is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.