v. & n.
—v. (chapped, chapping)
1 intr. (esp. of the skin; also of dry ground etc.) crack in fissures, esp. because of exposure and dryness.
2 tr. (of the wind, cold, etc.) cause to chap.
—n. (usu. in pl.)
1 a crack in the skin.
2 an open seam.
Etymology: ME, perh. rel. to MLG, MDu. kappen chop off
2.
n. colloq. a man; a boy; a fellow.
Etymology: abbr. of CHAPMAN
3.
n. the lower jaw or half of the cheek, esp. of a pig as food.
Phrases and idioms:
chap-fallen dispirited, dejected (with the lower jaw hanging).
Etymology: 16th c.: var. of CHOP(2), of unkn. orig.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.