chap
1. a boy or man (Freq. 1)
- that chap is your host
- there's a fellow at the door
- he's a likable cuss
- he's a good bloke
• Syn:
fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent,
blighter, cuss, bloke
• Hypernyms:
male, male person
• Hyponyms:
dog
2. a long narrow depression in a surface
• Syn:
crevice, cranny, crack, fissure
• Derivationally related forms:
fissure (for: fissure)
• Hypernyms:
depression, impression, imprint
3. a crack in a lip caused usually by cold
• Hypernyms:
crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure
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
• Usage Domain:
plural, plural form
• Hypernyms:
legging, leging, leg covering
crack due to dehydration
- My lips chap in this dry weather
• Hypernyms:
crack
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
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