chap

CEFRB1

/t͡ʃæp/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A man or boy.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A child.

Examples

  • In the winter, my lips would chap.

  • My dear chap, I'm overjoyed to see you.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A customer, a buyer.

  2. A man, a fellow.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.

More examples

In context

  • Who’s that chap over there?

  • “Now when I was a little chap I had a passion for maps.”

  • A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Clipping of chapman (“dealer, customer”) in 16th-century English.