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Definitions for Chaps

[1] a pair of joined leather leggings, often widely flared, worn over trousers, especially by cowboys, as protection against burs, rope burns, etc., while on horseback.
[2] to crack, roughen, and redden (the skin): The windy, cold weather chapped her lips.
[3] to cause (the ground, wood, etc.) to split, crack, or open in clefts: The summer heat and drought chapped the riverbank.
[4] to become chapped.
[5] a fissure or crack, especially in the skin.
[6] Scot. a knock; rap.
[7] Chiefly British Informal : Older Use . a fellow; man or boy.
[8] Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a baby or young child.
[9] British Dialect . a customer.
[10] chop3.
[11] leather overalls without a seat, worn by cowboys Also called: chaparejos , chaparajos
[12] (of the skin) to make or become raw and cracked, esp by exposure to cold
[13] Scot (of a clock) to strike (the hour)
[14] Scot to knock (at a door, window, etc)
[15] (usually plural) a cracked or sore patch on the skin caused by chapping
[16] Scot a knock
[17] informal a man or boy; fellow
[18] a less common word for chop 3

Words related to Chaps

bloke, lad, boy, man, fellow, gent

Words nearby Chaps

chappaquiddick incident, chappe, chapped, chappell, chappie, chaps, chapstick, chaptalization, chaptalize, chapter, chapter 11

Origin of Chaps

31325–75; Middle English; perhaps special use of chap1

Other words from Chaps

un·chapped , adjective

Word origin for Chaps

C16 (in the sense: buyer): shortened from chapman

Synonyms for Chaps

bloke, lad, boy, fellow, gent, man