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verbchaps, chapped, chapping tʃaptʃæp [no object]1(of the skin) become cracked, rough, or sore, typically through exposure to cold weather. his skin is very dry and chaps easily Example sentencesExamples - People with eczema and allergies tend to have lips that chap easily.
- A layer of sun-protective lip balm is all it takes to prevent chapping.
- It's essential to moisturize baby's delicate skin to protect it and prevent chapping, especially in cold, dry weather.
- ‘Prevent chapping by wearing hats, gloves, and scarves to cover your skin,’ Stone says.
- Dairy farmers learned long ago that the salves they used to prevent cows' udders from chapping also worked beautifully for their own hands.
- The cosmetic industry employs glycerin in skin conditioning lotions to replace lost skin moisture, relieve chapping, and keep skin soft.
- It's stopped my skin chapping when I used to go round lambing the ewes.
- I need to apply lip moisturizers all day long to avoid chapping.
Synonyms become raw, become sore, redden, become inflamed, chafe, crack, roughen - 1.1usually as adjective chappedwith object (of the wind or cold) cause (skin) to crack or become sore.
Example sentencesExamples - My lips were chapped, so I dug into my backpack for some lip balm.
- I only buy them to keep my lips from being chapped.
- Wind buffeted her, chapping her lips and slowing her crawl.
- My lips were slightly chapped, and there were circles under my eyes.
- My lips were chapped, so I ran my tongue over them quickly.
- Tamora drew her cloak about her, appreciating the warm mantle with its fur lining, whilst the air chapped her lips and pinched her nose and cheeks.
- Clinical manifestations are dryness of the mouth, lips and nose, dryness of the tongue, dry, rough and chapped skin, dry stool, etc.
- Her lips and cheeks were chapped and red but her eyes gleamed.
- Her lips were chapped from the wind and I thought her nose was too small.
- Thirty-eight testers on two coasts - armed with dry, chapped, rough skin - soaked, scrubbed, moisturized and massaged to find out what really works.
- To compensate for the weather which dries the skin and chaps the lips, there are goodies in the form of freshly grilled kebabs in the stalls around Russel Market and elsewhere.
- If your skin is windburned, sunburned or chapped, calm it with soap rich in soothing glycerin and aloe vera, and avoid bars with fragrances, which can further irritate the skin.
- To be fully effective, it is necessary to use a moisturizer three or more times daily, in the same way that chapped hands in the winter need many treatments.
- With a labored breath, his pale, chapped lips mouthed her name.
- It was work that chapped my hands, taxed my muscles, and opened my naive eyes.
- Heaving a sigh, she pressed her slightly chapped lips together and began to read.
- The infant who is drooling often has chapped skin around the mouth, on the chest, or on the hands.
- Apply petroleum jelly to dry and chapped skin near the nose.
- Drinking more water has made a difference in my skin, and I no longer have chapped lips all the time.
- Winter air can chap the skin of children and adults, which can lead to winter itch.
nounPlural chaps tʃaptʃæp A cracked or sore patch on the skin. Example sentencesExamples - Our lips will be covered in chaps.
Origin Late Middle English: of unknown origin. A chap is now an ordinary man, but he was originally ‘a buyer or customer’. The word was an abbreviation of chapman ‘a pedlar’, which came from Old English ceap, ‘bargaining, trade’, also the origin of cheap and of English place names such as Chipping Norton. The current sense dates from early 18th century. See also chop
Rhymes bap, cap, clap, dap, entrap, enwrap, flap, frap, gap, giftwrap, hap, knap, lap, Lapp, map, nap, nappe, pap, rap, sap, schappe, scrap, slap, snap, strap, tap, trap, wrap, yap, zap nounPlural chaps tʃaptʃæp British informal 1A man or a boy. he sounded like a nice, caring sort of chap Example sentencesExamples - Britain's most famous survival expert is clearly not the sort of chap to indulge himself with superfluous gadgets.
- This tall, dark and lithe chap hoovers up food and never gains an ounce, whilst I weep for my waistline.
- Eventually I received a tap on the shoulder by an official looking older chap who wanted to know why I was taking photos.
- ‘He was, surprisingly, quite a quiet chap,’ recalls the Scot.
- He is a nervy, jumpy sort of a chap, who follows people with his eyes as they move about a room.
- Can you believe it, some chap with a beard stole my clothes at gunpoint?
- This chap was going out with one of my best friends at university.
- "This chap came up and introduced himself as Jeff, " she said.
- You hire a bouncer because you want to keep people out, whereas a restaurant is the sort of place where a chap wants to feel that they want him to come in.
- A cute picture of the kids tells a man's colleagues that he's a well-rounded chap who loves his family.
- He is described as a quiet man, and by one acquaintance as a ‘strange sort of chap.’
- Just this morning we took delivery (from a very nice chap named Mike) of three vintage typewriters.
- He was such a lovely, cheeky chap.
- Propped against the bar, to one side of my father stood his mate Barry - a jovial sort of chap, but full of blunt Yorkshire bluster and some cutting comments about my colourful shirt.
- I have one customer, a chap in his seventies, an ex-engineer who collects knives and swords; he owns more than 400 of them, all different.
- He was a laid-back and friendly chap who loved a beer and his sport.
- The best male singer was a chap called Stanley who the audience showed wild appreciation for.
- Maybe it is difficult to imagine these guys as nice chaps when your machismo immediately assumes they'll be natural born show-offs.
- Eventually, I talked to a chap who promised to sort things out and he asked me to fax the bill through.
- After another twenty minutes on hold, I finally spoke to a friendly chap who told me they had six staff to take calls from their entire network of customers.
Synonyms man, boy, male, individual, body informal fellow, fella, geezer, punter, character, customer, sort, type British informal bloke, guy, lad, bod North American informal dude, hombre British informal, dated cove archaic wight - 1.1dated A friendly form of address between men and boys.
Example sentencesExamples - Pardon me, old chap, but aren't you getting just a bit ahead of yourself in rather an offensive manner?
- My dear old chap, I do believe you're right.
- Bloody nice job old chap - I knew it would all work out!
- I say, old chap, you seem to have a bit of a problem in your news and current affairs departments.
- ‘Don't expect much from her, chap,’ whispered John as they entered a new room.
Origin Late 16th century (denoting a buyer or customer): abbreviation of chapman. The current sense dates from the early 18th century. nounPlural chaps tʃaptʃæp usually chapsThe lower jaw or half of the cheek, especially that of a pig used as food. Example sentencesExamples - They carry their meat in the storehouses of their own chaps or cheeks, taking it forth when they are hungry.
- Bath chaps can be sliced and eaten like ham.
- Bath chaps are often eaten cold, making a tasty dish.
Origin Mid 16th century: of unknown origin. Compare with chops. verbtʃæpCHap [no object]1(of the skin) become cracked, rough, or sore, typically through exposure to cold weather. Example sentencesExamples - It's essential to moisturize baby's delicate skin to protect it and prevent chapping, especially in cold, dry weather.
- People with eczema and allergies tend to have lips that chap easily.
- Dairy farmers learned long ago that the salves they used to prevent cows' udders from chapping also worked beautifully for their own hands.
- It's stopped my skin chapping when I used to go round lambing the ewes.
- The cosmetic industry employs glycerin in skin conditioning lotions to replace lost skin moisture, relieve chapping, and keep skin soft.
- A layer of sun-protective lip balm is all it takes to prevent chapping.
- ‘Prevent chapping by wearing hats, gloves, and scarves to cover your skin,’ Stone says.
- I need to apply lip moisturizers all day long to avoid chapping.
Synonyms become raw, become sore, redden, become inflamed, chafe, crack, roughen - 1.1usually as adjective chappedwith object (of the wind or cold) cause (skin) to crack through exposure to cold weather.
Example sentencesExamples - The infant who is drooling often has chapped skin around the mouth, on the chest, or on the hands.
- With a labored breath, his pale, chapped lips mouthed her name.
- It was work that chapped my hands, taxed my muscles, and opened my naive eyes.
- My lips were chapped, so I ran my tongue over them quickly.
- If your skin is windburned, sunburned or chapped, calm it with soap rich in soothing glycerin and aloe vera, and avoid bars with fragrances, which can further irritate the skin.
- Heaving a sigh, she pressed her slightly chapped lips together and began to read.
- My lips were slightly chapped, and there were circles under my eyes.
- My lips were chapped, so I dug into my backpack for some lip balm.
- To be fully effective, it is necessary to use a moisturizer three or more times daily, in the same way that chapped hands in the winter need many treatments.
- Her lips and cheeks were chapped and red but her eyes gleamed.
- To compensate for the weather which dries the skin and chaps the lips, there are goodies in the form of freshly grilled kebabs in the stalls around Russel Market and elsewhere.
- Winter air can chap the skin of children and adults, which can lead to winter itch.
- I only buy them to keep my lips from being chapped.
- Drinking more water has made a difference in my skin, and I no longer have chapped lips all the time.
- Her lips were chapped from the wind and I thought her nose was too small.
- Clinical manifestations are dryness of the mouth, lips and nose, dryness of the tongue, dry, rough and chapped skin, dry stool, etc.
- Thirty-eight testers on two coasts - armed with dry, chapped, rough skin - soaked, scrubbed, moisturized and massaged to find out what really works.
- Tamora drew her cloak about her, appreciating the warm mantle with its fur lining, whilst the air chapped her lips and pinched her nose and cheeks.
- Apply petroleum jelly to dry and chapped skin near the nose.
- Wind buffeted her, chapping her lips and slowing her crawl.
nountʃæpCHap A cracked or sore patch on the skin. Example sentencesExamples - Our lips will be covered in chaps.
Origin Late Middle English: of unknown origin. nounCHaptʃæp British informal 1A man or boy. Example sentencesExamples - Can you believe it, some chap with a beard stole my clothes at gunpoint?
- After another twenty minutes on hold, I finally spoke to a friendly chap who told me they had six staff to take calls from their entire network of customers.
- He was such a lovely, cheeky chap.
- The best male singer was a chap called Stanley who the audience showed wild appreciation for.
- ‘He was, surprisingly, quite a quiet chap,’ recalls the Scot.
- Propped against the bar, to one side of my father stood his mate Barry - a jovial sort of chap, but full of blunt Yorkshire bluster and some cutting comments about my colourful shirt.
- A cute picture of the kids tells a man's colleagues that he's a well-rounded chap who loves his family.
- Maybe it is difficult to imagine these guys as nice chaps when your machismo immediately assumes they'll be natural born show-offs.
- He was a laid-back and friendly chap who loved a beer and his sport.
- Eventually I received a tap on the shoulder by an official looking older chap who wanted to know why I was taking photos.
- Britain's most famous survival expert is clearly not the sort of chap to indulge himself with superfluous gadgets.
- I have one customer, a chap in his seventies, an ex-engineer who collects knives and swords; he owns more than 400 of them, all different.
- Eventually, I talked to a chap who promised to sort things out and he asked me to fax the bill through.
- He is a nervy, jumpy sort of a chap, who follows people with his eyes as they move about a room.
- "This chap came up and introduced himself as Jeff, " she said.
- This chap was going out with one of my best friends at university.
- You hire a bouncer because you want to keep people out, whereas a restaurant is the sort of place where a chap wants to feel that they want him to come in.
- This tall, dark and lithe chap hoovers up food and never gains an ounce, whilst I weep for my waistline.
- He is described as a quiet man, and by one acquaintance as a ‘strange sort of chap.’
- Just this morning we took delivery (from a very nice chap named Mike) of three vintage typewriters.
Synonyms man, boy, male, individual, body - 1.1dated A friendly form of address between men or boys.
Example sentencesExamples - My dear old chap, I do believe you're right.
- ‘Don't expect much from her, chap,’ whispered John as they entered a new room.
- I say, old chap, you seem to have a bit of a problem in your news and current affairs departments.
- Pardon me, old chap, but aren't you getting just a bit ahead of yourself in rather an offensive manner?
- Bloody nice job old chap - I knew it would all work out!
Origin Late 16th century (denoting a buyer or customer): abbreviation of chapman. The current sense dates from the early 18th century. nounCHaptʃæp usually chapsThe lower jaw or half of the cheek, especially that of a pig used as food. Example sentencesExamples - Bath chaps can be sliced and eaten like ham.
- They carry their meat in the storehouses of their own chaps or cheeks, taking it forth when they are hungry.
- Bath chaps are often eaten cold, making a tasty dish.
Origin Mid 16th century: of unknown origin. Compare with chops. |