chap
a boy or man
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,974 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,499 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a boy or man also: fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter that chap is your hostthere's a fellow at the door
- a long narrow depression in a surface also: 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
- crack due to dehydration My lips chap in this dry weather
chap in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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She has one already; splendid little chap.
The great amulet · Maud Diver · Chapter 1
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The ragged newcomer was indignant—“That’s a fine way to welcome a chap into a fo’c’sle,” he snarled.
The nigger of the "Narcissus" · Joseph Conrad · Chapter 1
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John watched him, frowning, because Fluff was a good little chap, and yet, at times, such a bore!
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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Only a few miles away was one that promised well; and the young chap on it was in money difficulties.
The Bad Man: A Novel · Charles Hanson Towne · Chapter 1
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Round about fifty he might have been--a clean-shaved, active chap, five feet three inches high, and always bursting with energy.
The Torch and Other Tales · Eden Phillpotts · Chapter 1