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1. [Brit, informal] A boy or man
   "that chap is your host"; "you lucky chap";
   - fellow, feller [non-standard], fella [informal], lad [informal], gent [informal], blighter [Brit, informal], cuss [informal], bloke [Brit, informal], boyo [UK, Ireland], bucko [informal], dog [informal]
    
2. A long narrow depression in a surface
   - crevice, cranny, crack, fissure
    
3. A crack in a lip caused usually by cold
    
4. (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

1. Crack due to dehydration
   "My lips chap in this dry weather"

Derived forms: chapped, chaps, chapping

Type of: cleft, crack, crevice, depression, fissure, impression, imprint, leg covering, legging, leging [non-standard], male, male person, scissure

Encyclopedia: Chap, Virginia