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The correct spelling is chap.
How to pronounce chap
/tʃæp/
nounIPA: /tʃæp/
Say it like: Cha-p
The correct spelling is chap. (obsolete outside Britain and Australia) A man, a fellow. For example: "Who’s that chap over there?"
Usage Examples
“Who’s that chap over there?”
“Detective novel writers try to keep up the suspense until the last chapter.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.(obsolete outside Britain and Australia) A man, a fellow.
- 2.A customer, a buyer.
- 3.A child.
- 4.A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.
- 5.A division; a breach, as in a party.
verb
- 1.Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.
- 2.To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
- 3.To strike, knock.
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