Chap
Definitions
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Initialism of Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- A surname from Khmer.
- A man, a fellow.
- A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.
- The jaw.
- Clipping of chapter (“division of a text”).
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A customer, a buyer. UK, dialectal
- A division; a breach, as in a party.
- One of the jaws or cheeks of a vice, etc.
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A child. Southern-US
- A blow; a rap.
Examples
“Who’s that chap over there?”
““Now when I was a little chap I had a passion for maps.””
“A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point⟳, down Orham way. For a spell⟳ we done pretty well.”
“‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put⟳ my head in. The street lamps shine⟳ into that room. I could see⟳ him. He was all right. Sleeping like⟳ a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’”
“If you have⟳ Blacks of any kind, brought in of late; Mantoes--Velvet Scarfs--Petticoats--Let⟳ it be what it will--I am your Chap--for all my Ladies are very fond of Mourning.”
“Many clefts and chaps in our council board⟳.”
“This wide-chapp'd rascal—would thou might'st lie⟳ drowning / The washing of ten tides!”
“His chaps were all besmear'd with crimson blood.”
“He unseamed him from the nave to the chaps.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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