The difference between Chap and Chaps
When used as nouns, chap means a man, a fellow, whereas chaps means protective leather leggings attached at the waist.
Chap is also verb with the meaning: of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.
check bellow for the other definitions of Chap and Chaps
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Chap as a noun (dated, outside, UK, and, Australia):
A man, a fellow.
Examples:
"Who’s that chap over there?"
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Chap as a noun (UK, dialectal):
A customer, a buyer.
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Chap as a noun (Southern US):
A child.
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Chap as a verb (intransitive):
Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.
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Chap as a verb (transitive):
To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
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Chap as a verb (Scotland, northern England):
To strike, knock.
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Chap as a noun:
A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.
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Chap as a noun (obsolete):
A division; a breach, as in a party.
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Chap as a noun (Scotland):
A blow; a rap.
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Chap as a noun (archaic, often, in the plural):
The jaw.
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Chap as a noun:
One of the jaws or cheeks of a vice, etc.
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Chap as a noun (internet, _, slang):
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Chaps as a noun:
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Chaps as a verb:
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Chaps as a noun:
Protective leather leggings attached at the waist.
Examples:
"If you are going to use that chainsaw, why don't you put on a pair of chaps?"
"Chaps were a costume staple of Westerns."