chap

Betekenis

Noun

1. A man, a fellow.
2. A customer, a buyer.
3. A child.

Verb

1. Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.
2. To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
3. To strike, knock.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/t͡ʃæp/

Etymologie

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