chap

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A man, a fellow.
2. (UK, dialectal) A customer, a buyer.
3. (Southern-US) A child.

Verb

1. (intransitive) Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.
2. (transitive) To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
3. (Northern-England, Scotland) To strike, knock.

Sinonieme

crack

fellow

guy

bloke

lad

split

boy

👦

fissure

dude

man

👨

rift

slit

jaw

crevice

cuss

blighter

fella

feller

chink

cleft

roughen

tear

gent

coarsen

breach

young man

burst

geezer

person

🧑‍🦱

cranny

cove

harden

rent

scissure

shaver

splinter

stamp

stick

type

urchin

worming

young fellow

crack open

get chapped

incisura

split open

be horny

rhagade

be chapped

beezer

Vertalings

mec

kerel

Kerl

gercer

individu

vent

tío

muchacho

👦

type

knul

persoon

🧑‍🦱

tizio

👨

tipo

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/t͡ʃæp/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: chappen

Verwante met Middle English: choppen

Verwante met Nederlands: kappen

Verwante met Middle English: cheppe

In summary

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