CHAP

chap

Noun

  1. A man, a fellow.
  2. A customer, a buyer.
  3. A child.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.
  2. A division; a breach, as in a party.
  3. A blow; a rap.

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. The jaw (often in plural).
  2. One of the jaws or cheeks of a vice, etc.

Verb

  1. Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.
  2. To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
  3. To strike, knock.


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