chap

chap
chap1
/chap/, v., chapped, chapping, n.
v.t.
1. to crack, roughen, and redden (the skin): The windy, cold weather chapped her lips.
2. to cause (the ground, wood, etc.) to split, crack, or open in clefts: The summer heat and drought chapped the riverbank.
v.i.
3. to become chapped.
n.
4. a fissure or crack, esp. in the skin.
5. Scot. a knock; rap.
[1275-1325; ME chappen; c. D kappen to cut; akin to CHIP1]
chap2
/chap/, n.
1. Informal. a fellow; man or boy.
2. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a baby or young child.
3. Brit. Dial. a customer.
[1570-80; short for CHAPMAN]
chap3
/chop, chap/, n.
chop3.
[1325-75; ME; perh. special use of CHAP1]

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