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verb
redden, crack or roughen:
Cold dry air can cause the skin to chap., noun
man:
That chap is her brother.
verb
skin became rough:
The cold chapped her cheeks.
Simple Definitions
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noun ADJ. clever, decent, good, jolly, lucky, nice, pleasant He was a pleasant chap but didn't talk much. | good-looking, handsome | young | old | poor The poor old chap was very shaken by the experience. | ordinary PHRASES not (such) a bad chap He's not such a bad chap really. | sort of chap He's a decent sort of chap.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary