chap

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a boy or man
  2. noun a long narrow depression in a surface
  3. noun a crack in a lip caused usually by cold

Etymology

Clipping of chapman (“dealer, customer”) in 16th-century English.

In classic literature

Synonyms

fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke

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