Associations to the word «Chap»
Noun
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
CHAP, noun. (dated outside UK and Australia) A man, a fellow.
CHAP, noun. (UK) (dialectal) A customer, a buyer.
CHAP, noun. (Southern US) A child.
CHAP, verb. (intransitive) Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.
CHAP, verb. (transitive) To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
CHAP, verb. (Scotland) (northern England) To strike, knock.
CHAP, noun. A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.
CHAP, noun. (obsolete) A division; a breach, as in a party.
CHAP, noun. (Scotland) A blow; a rap.
CHAP, noun. (archaic) The jaw (often in plural).
CHAP, noun. One of the jaws or cheeks of a vice, etc.
Dictionary definition
CHAP, noun. A boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke".
CHAP, noun. A long narrow depression in a surface.
CHAP, noun. A crack in a lip caused usually by cold.
CHAP, 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, verb. Crack due to dehydration; "My lips chap in this dry weather".
Wise words
Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you
love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You
have to get up in the morning and write something you love,
something to live for.