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ChapEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
Borrowed from Khmer ឆាប (chaap).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗chapEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Clipping of chapman (“dealer, customer”) in 16th-century English.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗chapEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Middle English chappen (“to split open, burst, chap”), of uncertain origin. Compare Middle English choppen (“to chop”), Dutch kappen (“to cut, chop, hack”). Perhaps related to chip.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗chapEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From Northern English chafts (“jaws”). Compare also Middle English cheppe (“one side of the jaw, chap”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗chapEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
Shortening.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- ChapEnglish · e-37683-4709
Chap, chap, v.i. to crack: to strike, of a clock, &c.: to knock at a door.—v.t. to fissure.—n. crack: an open fissure in the skin, caused by exposure to frost: a knock.—adj. Chap′less.—p.adj. Chapped, cracked, of a heavy
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Chap, chap, n. a fellow, originally a customer, from Chapman.—n. Chap′pie, a familiar diminutive.
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Chap, chap, n. generally pl. the jaws.—adj. Chap′fall′en, a variant of Chop-fallen (q.v.). [Northern Eng. and Scot. chafts—Scand., as Ice. kjaptr, the jaw.]
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