chap

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

mec

kerel

Kerl

gercer

individu

vent

tío

muchacho

👦

type

knul

persoon

🧑‍🦱

tizio

👨

tipo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃæp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: chappen

Cognate with Middle English: choppen

Cognate with Dutch: kappen

Cognate with Middle English: cheppe

In summary

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