Chap

Definition: Chap

Chap

Noun

1. A boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss".

2. A long narrow depression in a surface.

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.

Verb

1. Crack due to dehydration, as of skin or lips; "My lips chap in this dry weather".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "chap" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Computing

Literature

Mining

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

CHAP

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Chap

Book

Noun: booklet; writing, work, volume, tome, opuscule; tract, tractate; livret; brochure, libretto, handbook, codex, manual, pamphlet, enchiridion, circular, publication; chap book.

Interval

Noun: interval, interspace; separation; break, gap, opening; hole; chasm, hiatus, caesura; interruption, interregnum; interstice, lacuna, cleft, mesh, crevice, chink, rime, creek, cranny, crack, chap, slit, fissure, scissure, rift, flaw, breach, rent, gash, cut, leak, dike, ha-ha.

Man

Noun: man, male, he, him; manhood. (adolescence); gentleman, sir, master; sahib; yeoman, wight, swain, fellow, blade, beau, elf, chap, gaffer, good man; husband. (married man); Mr., mister; boy. (youth).

Crosswords: Chap

Chap with the wings -- five rounds, rapid (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco)

Oh, I didn't like the chap. (Fawlty Towers; writing credit: John Cleese; Connie Booth)

That would really chap my caboose (Sealab 2021; writing credit: John J. Miller; Adam Reed)

I once had a chap before me who'd been caught stealing from the mess (The Missionary; writing credit: Michael Palin)

Chap who made the bullet, 007 (The Man with the Golden Gun; writing credit: Richard Maibaum)

The Lonesome Chap (1917)

Poor Little Chap He Was Only Dreaming (1913)

Saang gong kei bing chuk chap bing fan leung liu (1987)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Bibliography of the Typophile Chap Books 1935-1992 (Typophile Chap Bks. : No. 60) (reference)

• Century 21 Accounting, Module 3, Chap 20 (reference)

• Chap Foey Rider: Capitalist to the Stars (reference)

• Finite Math Selectd Chap (reference)

• Traditions & Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past Vol C (From 1750 to Present: Chap 29-39) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Cheeky Chap (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Book of Gospel Songs - Chap. One (reference)

• I'm A Workin' Chap (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The looking glass for 1787. A house divided against itself cannot stand. Mat. chap. 13th verse 26. Credit: Library of Congress.

Jolly well, ol' chap!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Woman, keep away from that big city chap!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Our infant army : showing the little chap around. Credit: Library of Congress.

The same man. Easy to see you're fond of children old Chap! Taste my nice ... Credit: Library of Congress.

There was an old chap named Monroe ... Credit: Library of Congress.

The Chap Book--Thanksgiving no. / Will H Bradley. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Here, Stephen, show me your plate, old chap.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Trade

Nicaragua

Private Nicaraguan banks have the following correspondent U.S. banks (the first three correspondents listed for each bank are the most important for that bank): see Chap 11 for contact information. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "chap": chap book ♦ good chap ♦ old chap ♦ repulsive chap. Additional references.

Beginning with "chap": chap-book, chap-books, chap-fallen, chap-home, chap-lain, chap-stick.

Ending with "chap": chip-chap.

Albanian

shok (bedfellow, brother, buddy, buddy buddy, companion, companion in arms, Comrade, fellow, friend, guy, mate, pal, pard, partner, peer), plasaritje (cleft, crack, cracking, flaw), plasaritem (crack, flaw, seam), person (beggar, body, case, contact, dude, fella, fellow, fish, flesh and blood, guy, hand, individual, party, person, persona, personage, piece, subject), nofull (chuck, jaw, jawbone, jowl, maxillary), mik (boy, boyfriend, buddy, buddy buddy, crony, friend, friendly, mate, pal), e çarë (aperture, breach, chink, cranny, crevice, cut, rent, rift, shake, slit, slot), djalë (boy, child, egg, fella, fellow, Jack, Johnny, lad, loon, man child, son, Walla, youngster), burrë (fellow, husband, Jack, lad, Lord, male, man, mate, men, Mister, my better half), çahem (cleave, split up, spring). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فك (break up, detach, disassemble, disconnect, disengage, disentangle, disjoint, dismantle, dissociate, disunite, free, jaw, jaws, jowl, loose, loosening, mandible, release, separate, set free, take apart, take to pieces, undo, unfasten, unfix, untangle, untie, untying, unwind), ‏فلق (ax, axe, cleavage, fission, segment, split), ‏لكمة (belt, jab, knocking, punch, sock, swing, swipe, uppercut, wallop), ‏غلق (bolt, close, close up, hinder, lock, lockup, make, seam off, shut, shut down, sock in), ‏غلام (boy, child, guy, laddie, man, nipper, punk, shaver), ‏تصدع (crack, rend, split), ‏تشقق (cleave, crackle, rend, rift, seam, splinter), ‏زبون (client, custom, customer), ‏ضربة (bang, beating, belt, biff, blow, bob, bump, clout, hurt, inflexion, infliction, lash, pelt, plug, pulse, shot, smack, sock, strike, stroke, tank, thrust, wipe), ‏رجل (bloke, boy, buck, gent, go on foot, lad, leg, male, man, pin), ‏شق (check, chink, cleavage, cleave, cleft, crack, cranny, crash, crevasse, crevice, cut, excavate, fissure, flaw, fracture, hew, hole, incise, incision, jag, loophole, lump, nick, open, overture, part, rift, rip, rive, slash, slit, slot, snag, snip, spiracle, splinter, split, spring, tear, twist), ‏شاب (admix, boy, contaminate, lad, sprig, stud, tinge, young, young man, youngster, youth, youthful). (various references)

Bulgarian 

челюст (chop, jaw, jowl, shoe, slipper), момък (chappie, egg, fish, kipper, lad, laddie, young man), момче (boy, bud, chappy, fellow, gossoon, guy, kid, knave, lad, laddie, loon, man child, son of adam, urchin), буза (cheek), пукнатина (break, chink, cleft, cranny, crevice, fissure, flaw, gash, leak, rift, shake, split, spring). (various references)

Chinese 

皴裂 , � �裂 (Bursting, Chapped, Chapping, chaps, Cracked, Disruptive, fracture, rupture), 家伙 . (various references)

Czech

chlap (cove, guy, Jack), chlápek (bird, blighter, bloke, cove, dog), zpùsobit popraskání, rozpukat, popraskat (develop cracks), okorat (crust), muž (husband, male, man), mladík (boy, lad, laddie, stripling, young man, youngster, youths), individuum (individual). (various references)

Danish

kaebesnitte. (various references)

Dutch

sujet (fellow, guy, individual, person), snuiter (fellow, guy, person), persoon (fellow, guy, person), knul (fellow, guy, person), kerel (fellow, giant, guy, person). (various references)

Esperanto

ulo (fellow, guy, person). (various references)

Farsi 

فک 1, معامله کردن (Deal, Transact, Truck), مرد (Groom, Guy, Hidalgo, Man), مشتری (Client, Customer, Habitue, Patron), ترکاندن (Blast, Blowup, Pop), ترک (Abandonment, Clef, Crack, Craze, Fracture, Interstice, Proscription, Quit, Renunciation, Turkish), خشکی زدن پوست , جوانک (Callan, Lad, Sprig, Youngling, Youngster), انتخاب کردن (Choose, Elect, Select, Single), شکاف دادن (Shear, Slash), شکاف (Break, Chasm, Chink, Clef, Crack, Craze, Crevice, Cut, Fraction, Fracture, Hiatus, Incision, Interstice, Nick, Notch, Overture, Rake, Rip, Scar, Seam, Slash, Slit, Slither, Split, Suture). (various references)

Finnish

sierettyä (get chapped, get rough), rohtuma (eczema), olio (being, creature, fellow, guy, person, thing), halkeilla (crack). (various references)

French

joue (cheek, chop). (various references)

German

Bursche (attendant, bloke, boy, dwarf, fellow, guy, kid, lad, laddie, orderly, servant). (various references)

Greek 

ραγίζω (crack, flaw), σκάσιμο επιδερμίδασ, σκάσιμο (blemish, breaking, check, checking, crack, crazing, fissure, flaw, pick off, splitting), σκάζω (burst), σαγόνι (jaw, jowl), μάγουλο (cheek), φιλαράκοσ (chum, pal), τύποσ (bloke, description, figure, form, formula, norm, press, print, stamp, type). (various references)

Hebrew 

לבקוע (hatch, rip), לס�"וק (crack, fissure, fracture, split), בקיע (breach, chasm, crack, cranny, crevice, fissile, fissure, hernia), בחור (fellow, guy, lad, young man, youngster), ס�"ק (chink, cleft, crack, cranny, fissure, flaw, fracture, rift, slit, split). (various references)

Hungarian

toka (chop, dewlap, double chin, gill, jowl), pasas (beggar, bloke, cat, chappie, chappy, coon, cove, cuss, feller, gent, guy, joker, perisher), kopog (knock, patter, ping, to blatter, to clop, to knock, to patter, to rap, to rap on, to slap, to tap), kicserepesedés, állkapocs (chop, jaw, jawbone, jaws, jowl, mandible). (various references)

Italian

crepatura (crack, crevice, jag, rip, tear), tipo (bloke, codger, customer, fellow, guy, Jack, kind, manner, model, pattern, sort, specimen, strain, type), screpolatura (burst, check, crack, cracking, crevice, flaw), screpolarsi (crackle), screpolare, individuo (beggar, bloke, fellow, guy, head, individual, self), guancia (cheek, jowl), fante (fellow, foot soldier, infantryman, Jack, knave), amico (buddy, friend, mate, pal, sidekick). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

亀裂 (crack, crevice, fissure). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きれつ (crack, crevice, fissure), やつ (eight, fellow, guy), やっ�"さ�" (attendant, fellow, footman, guy). (various references)

Korean 

� 열 (chaps, Crack, Crevice, split). (various references)

Manx

gaaigey (crack, split), gaaig (crevice, split in skin), gaagey (chapping), fer (bloke, fellow, gentleman, individual, male, man). (various references)

Norwegian

sprekk, kar, fyr (beacon). (various references)

Pig Latin

apchay.(various references)

Polish

osobnik (fellow, guy, person). (various references)

Portuguese

companheiro (accompanist, associate, brother, buddy, chum, companian, companion, compeer, comrade, concomitant, co-participant, cove, fellow, friend, helpmate, helpmeet, inmate, mate, matey, maty, pal, partner, stable companion), rachar (break, chop, cleave, crack, craze, cut, fissure, flaw, open, rive, sever, slit, splinter, split), rachadura (cleavage, crack, disruption), maxilar (jaw, maxillary), indivíduo (anybody, beggar, bloke, busybody, civy, customer, fellow, individual, joker, josser, lad, laddie, lazarus, man, poll, selfhood, specimen, subject), goela (fauces, gorge, gulf, jaws, maw, mouth, muzzle, throat), fenda (aperture, breach, chink, cranny, crevasse, crevice, fracture, gap, hiatus, leak, pit, rent, rift, rip), faceira (cheek block, clamp), bater � porta (knock at the door), amigo (boyfriend, brother, bud, chum, downstage, fond, friend, friendly, kind, kindly, matey, maty, nice, pal, pally, well-wisher). (various references)

Romanian

crãpãturã a pielii, crãpa (break, burst, check, cleave, crack, flaw, half-open, hook it, rift, slit, splinter, split, split a log, spring, wolf), tip (bird, bloke, card, cast, category, character, cove, cuss, customer, design, devil, fellow, guy, Johnny, joker, kidney, letter, make, merchant, model, norm, sort, soul, specimen, standard, symbol, type), flãcãu (bachelor, fellow, guy, lad, laddie, scout, Swain, young, youth), falcã (jaw), bãiat (beggar, boy, caddie, child, fellow, guy, Jack, lad, scout, son, youngster, youth). (various references)

Russian 

трещина (cavity, check, chink, cleft, crack, cranny, fissure, flaw, fracture, joint, rent, rift, slit, split, vug). (various references)

Scottish

gioball (a chap, vesture). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

momak (bachelor, boy, boyfriend, bugger, gossoon, guy, jack, lad, skate, sport), ispucati, čovek (bloke, fellow, homo, human, human being, jack, man, maun, one, person, stiff, walla). (various references)

Spanish

chico (bairn, boy, child, fellow, infant, junior, kid, lad, laddie, little, Matey, small), carrillada, tipo poco visto (scout), tío (beggar, bugger, chappy, fellow, gaffer, geezer, guy, merchant, uncle), rajarse (back down, bottle out, climb down, rift, rush off, splash out), raja (crack, gash, jag, Raja, rip, slice, sliver, split, tear), pájaro (bird), mejilla (cheek), agrietarse (crack, fissure). (various references)

Swedish

kille (bloke, boy, cat, chappie, dog, fellow, guy, Joe, Johnny, joker, josser, kid, scout, Walla, Wallah, yob), karl (bugger, dog, fellow, guy, Jack, Joe, lad, man, scout), grabb (fellow, guy, Johnny, joker, lad, laddie). (various references)

Thai

คนแก่ (coffin dodger, old boy, old chap, oldie, oldster, senile). (various references)

Turkish

yarılmak (burst, cleave, crack, dehisce, rip, slit, split off, tear, yawn), yarık (breach, chappy, chasm, chink, cleft, cloven, cranny, crevasse, crevice, cut, fissure, gash, hiatus, incision, interstice, rent, rift, scissure, shake, slit, slot, split, tear, vent), yanaklar, kızartmak (Fry, grill, roast, rubefy, rubify, toast), arkadaş (associate, bedfellow, brother, bud, buddy, chum, companion, compeer, Comrade, consociate, familiar, feller, fellow, friend, helpmate, helpmeet, mate, pal, sidekick), ahbap (bud, buddy, chum, companion, cove, fellow, fellow man, friend, fruit, joker, old cock, pal, pard), adam (bean, bird, bozo, Buster, cookie, cooky, cuss, Dick, dog, employee, feller, fellow, fellow man, guy, Jack, joker, man, person), çene (chin, chinwag, chitchat, chop, eloquence, gab, glass jaw, jaw, jawbone, jowl, mandible), çatlatmak (crack, craze, flaw, rift, split), çatlamak (burst, cleave, crack, craze, dehisce, die of exhaustion, fracture, split, spring), çatlak (balmy, barmy, break, chapped, chappy, chink, chip, cleft, cloven, crack, crack-brained, cracked, crackers, cracky, cranny, crevasse, crevice, cuckoo, disordered, fault, fissure, flaw, fracture, fractured, hoarse, interstice, interstitial, meshuggah, nut, nutty, off one's chump, off one's rocker, pixilated, potty, queer, queer in the head, rift, rupture, rusty, screwy, shake, shaken, shaky, split, spring, touched). (various references)

Ukrainian

утворювати тріщину, садно (abrasion, chafe, galling, raw, rawness), репатися, щілина (air space, aperture, chink, chop, cleft, crack, cranny, notch, opening, peep), щока (jowl), щелепа (jaw, jowl), хлопець (boche, bod, boy, dog, duck, fellow, lad, youngster), тріщина (break, chink, chop, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, fissure, flaw, rift), торгувати (higgle, market, merchandise, merchandize, niffer, peddle, trade, traffic), займатися купівлею-продажем. (various references)

Vietnamese 

có má xị chán nản (chap-fallen), thất vọng (chap-fallen, chop, depressed, despairing, despondingly, disappointedly, downcast, heartsick, hopeless), bu�"n rầu (black, chap-fallen, darkly, moody, morose, mournful, rueful, sad, sadly, sorrowful, sullen, woebegone, woeful, woefully, woesome). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "chap": chaparajos, chaparejos, chaparral, chaparrals, chapati, chapaties, chapatis, chapatti, chapatties, chapattis, chapbook, chapbooks, chape, chapeau, chapeaus, chapeaux, chapel, chapels, chaperon, chaperonage, chaperonages, chaperone, chaperoned, chaperones, chaperoning, chaperons, chapes, chapfallen, chapiter, chapiters, chaplain, chaplaincies, chaplaincy, chaplains, chaplet, chapleted, chaplets, chapman, chapmen, chappati, chappatis, chapped, chapping, chaps, chapt, chapter, chaptered, chaptering, chapters. (additional references)

Words containing "chap": antechapel, antechapels, schappe, schappes, subchapter, subchapters, unchaperoned. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Chap" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cahag, cahg, cahl, Cahpo, caph, capp, ceap, Chaa, Chac, chae, chag, Chah, chai, chal, chao, chape, Chapka, Chappo, chapt, chapy, chasp, chax, chay, chaz, chep, Chepo, chhay, chiop, chipp, chipy, chp, chrp, chup, chupa, Ciapp, cohab, cpap, Hcab, hcha, Hcip, Kap, nchip, nhap, rhap, schap, Schaup, shap, tchah, Ucha. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: caph.

-1 letter: cap, hap, pac, pah.

-2 letters: ah, ha, pa.

+1 letter: caphs, champ, chape, chaps, chapt, cheap, pacha, parch, patch, peach, poach.

+2 letters: apache, caliph, carhop, champs, champy, chapel, chapes, cheapo, cheaps, coprah, eparch, haptic, hepcat, hubcap, pachas, painch, patchy, paunch, peachy, pechan, phasic, phatic, planch, pleach, poachy, preach, scarph.

+3 letters: acaleph, apaches, aphasic, aphetic, aphonic, aphotic, caliphs, camphol, camphor, capouch, capuche, carhops, catchup, champac, champak, champed, champer, chapati, chapeau, chapels, chaplet, chapman, chapmen, chapped, chapter, charpai, charpoy, cheapen, cheaper, cheapie, cheaply, cheapos, chutzpa, coprahs, edaphic, eparchs, eparchy, epochal, graphic, haircap, hepatic, hepcats, hopsack, hubcaps, impeach, isopach, matchup, pachisi, pachuco, panache, panchax, panocha, panoche, parched, parches, paschal, patched, patcher, patches, paunchy, peached, peacher, peaches, pechans, phallic, picacho, planche, poached, poacher, poaches, pochard, potlach, preachy, repatch, sapphic, scarphs, schappe, schnaps, shoepac, spathic, spinach, upreach.