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Meaning of chaps
noun
- (obsolete outside Britain and Australia) A man, a fellow. Example: Who’s that chap over there?
- A customer, a buyer.
- A child.
noun
- A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.
- A division; a breach, as in a party.
- A blow; a rap.
verb
- Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.
- To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
- To strike, knock.
noun
- (often in the plural) The jaw.
- One of the jaws or cheeks of a vice, etc.
noun
- (authorship) One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided. Example: Detective novel writers try to keep up the suspense until the last chapter.
- A section of a social or religious body.
- A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.
- A decretal epistle.
- A location or compartment.
noun
- Protective leather leggings attached at the waist. Example: Chaps were a costume staple of Westerns.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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