chaps Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun a boy or man
   fella; cuss; blighter; lad; gent; fellow; bloke; chap; feller.
   
   • that chap is your host
   • there's a fellow at the door
   • he's a likable cuss
   • he's a good bloke
2. noun a long narrow depression in a surface
   crevice; chap; cranny; fissure; crack.
   
3. noun a crack in a lip caused usually by cold
   chap.
   
4. noun (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
   chap.
   
5. verb crack due to dehydration
   chap.
   
   • My lips chap in this dry weather

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