Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "chap" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Chappism Chappist chap someone's hide chap-hop chapess chapette chapfallen chapless chapped chappie chappish chappo chappy chapstick chapt old chap

Derived From

chapman

Etymologically Related To

chafts chapman chip

Context

computing dialectal internet northern england scotland slang southern us uk

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

cleft crack crack crevice depression fissure impression imprint leg covering legging leging male male person scissure

Type Of (IsA)

crack legging male

Manner Of

crack

Related Terms

Chap laps chap chye chap lau chu chaps chop kway chap

Related Terms

blow breach chaps chapter child chink chop cleft crack division fellow flake jaw knock man party rap split strike vice

Synonym Network

bloke bruce child cove crevice customer dude fella feller geezer guy homey kid

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.