chap
A man, a fellowA man, a fellow.
» I have chapped lips.
Meine Lippen sind gesprungen.
У меня губы потрескались.
У мене потріскані губи.
Meaning
8 sensesA man, a fellow.
Who’s that chap over there?
Kerl, Typ
мужи́кmužík, па́реньpárenʹ, ма́лыйmályj
a boy or man
(UK, dialectal)A customer, a buyer.
(Southern US)A child.
A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.
(Scotland)A blow; a rap.
One of the jaws or cheeks of a vice, etc.
(obsolete)A division; a breach, as in a party.
(archaic, in the plural, often)The jaw.
че́люстьčéljustʹ
Examples
21 sentencesI have chapped lips.
У мене потріскані губи. — Anjy
ruУ меня губы потрескались. — odexed
deMeine Lippen sind gesprungen. — Yorwba
I get chapped lips every winter.
ruКаждую зиму у меня трескаются губы. — Selena777
deIch bekomme jeden Winter aufgesprungene Lippen. — raggione
My lips often get chapped in the winter.
ruЗимой у меня часто трескаются губы. — sharptoothed
My lips are chapped.
Tom is an amiable chap.
ruТом славный малый. — Wezel
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
Clipping of chapman (“dealer, customer”) in 16th-century English. From Middle English chaClipping of chapman (“dealer, customer”) in 16th-century English.
From Middle English chappen (“to split open, burst, chap”), of uncertain origin. Compare Middle English choppen (“to chop”), Dutch kappen (“to cut, chop, hack”). Perhaps related to chip.
From Northern English chafts (“jaws”). Compare also Middle English cheppe (“one side of the jaw, chap”).
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