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Noun: chaps chaps Usage: N. Amer
- Overalls of sheepskin or leather, usually open at the back, worn, esp. by cowboys, to protect the legs from thorny bushes, as in the chaparral
- chaparajos [N. Amer] Noun: chap chap- [Brit, informal] A boy or man
"that chap is your host"; "you lucky chap"; - fellow, feller [non-standard], fella [informal], lad [informal], gent [informal], blighter [Brit, informal], cuss [informal], bloke [Brit, informal], boyo [UK, Ireland], bucko [informal], dog [informal] - A long narrow depression in a surface
- crevice, cranny, crack, fissure - A crack in a lip caused usually by cold
- (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: chap (chapped,chapping) chap- Crack due to dehydration
"My lips chap in this dry weather"
Type of: cleft, crack, crevice, depression, fissure, impression, imprint, leg covering, legging, leging [non-standard], male, male person, scissure Encyclopedia: Chaps Chap, Virginia |