meaning of chap

1. To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
2. To strike; to beat.
3. To crack or open in slits; as, the earth chaps; the hands chap.
4. To strike; to knock; to rap.
5. A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.
6. A division; a breach, as in a party.
7. A blow; a rap.
8. One of the jaws or the fleshy covering of a jaw; -- commonly in the plural, and used of animals, and colloquially of human beings.
9. One of the jaws or cheeks of a vise, etc.
10. A buyer; a chapman.
11. A man or boy; a youth; a fellow.
12. To bargain; to buy.
13. CHAP Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol char /keir/ or /char/; rarely, /kar/ character. Especially used by C programmers, as "char" is Cs typename for character data. [Jargon File]
14. 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

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