| v. t. | 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. | |
| v. i. | 1. | To crack or open in slits; |
| 2. | To strike; to knock; to rap. | |
| n. | 1. | A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin. |
| 2. | A division; a breach, as in a party. | |
| 3. | A blow; a rap. | |
| 1. | One of the jaws or the fleshy covering of a jaw; - commonly in the plural, and used of animals, and colloquially of human beings. | |
| 2. | One of the jaws or cheeks of a vise, etc. | |
| 1. | A buyer; a chapman. | |
| 2. | A man or boy; a youth; a fellow. | |
| v. i. | 1. | To bargain; to buy. |
| Noun | 1. | chap - a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss" |
| 2. | chap - a long narrow depression in a surface | |
| 3. | chap - a crack in a lip caused usually by cold | |
| 4. | chap - (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 | 1. | chap - crack due to dehydration; "My lips chap in this dry weather" |
| CHAP - Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol |
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