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.

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  1. Chap as a noun (dated, outside, UK, and, Australia):

    A man, a fellow.

    Examples:

    "Who’s that chap over there?"

  2. Chap as a noun (UK, dialectal):

    A customer, a buyer.

  3. Chap as a noun (Southern US):

    A child.

  1. Chap as a verb (intransitive):

    Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.

  2. 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.

  3. Chap as a verb (Scotland, northern England):

    To strike, knock.

  1. Chap as a noun:

    A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.

  2. Chap as a noun (obsolete):

    A division; a breach, as in a party.

  3. Chap as a noun (Scotland):

    A blow; a rap.

  1. Chap as a noun (archaic, often, in the plural):

    The jaw.

  2. Chap as a noun:

    One of the jaws or cheeks of a vice, etc.

  1. Chap as a noun (internet, _, slang):

  1. Chaps as a noun:

  1. Chaps as a verb:

  1. 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."

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