The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chap \Chap\ (ch[a^]p or ch[o^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chapped (ch[a^]pt or ch[o^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Chapping.] [See Chop to cut.]
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To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
Then would unbalanced heat licentious reign, Crack the dry hill, and chap the russet plain.
--Blackmore.Nor winter's blast chap her fair face.
--Lyly. To strike; to beat. [Scot.]
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of chap English)
WordNet
See chap
n. a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss" [syn: fellow, feller, lad, gent, fella, blighter, cuss]
a long narrow depression in a surface [syn: crevice, cranny, crack, fissure]
a crack in a lip caused usually by cold
(usually in the plural) leather leggings without a seat; joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over trousers by cowboys to protect their legs
Usage examples of "chapping".
She was so close to me I could see the chapping where the frequent blowing had reddened her nose and upper lip.
Sun, wind, and age had taken their toll on the count, chapping his face and hands.
Whatever passion she conjured up looked like something she'd learned from watching other pornographic film clips, the chief gesture being a lascivious lip licking more likely to cause chapping than arousal, in my opinion.
Barb asked, rubbing lip gloss on to keep her lips from chapping overnight.
It filled my eyes with tears and my mouth with grit, chapping and tearing at my lips.
Cold and wind had weathered her face, chapping her lips and etching fine lines at the corners of her eyes and mouth, to say nothing of the deeper worry lines in her brow and between her eyes.