chap
/t͡ʃæp/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.61 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A child.
Example Sentences
- "Who’s that chap over there?"
- "“Now when I was a little chap I had a passion for maps.”"
- "A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well."
- "‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’"
- "If you have Blacks of any kind, brought in of late; Mantoes--Velvet Scarfs--Petticoats--Let it be what it will--I am your Chap--for all my Ladies are very fond of Mourning."
- "Then would unbalanced heat licentious reign, / Crack the dry hill, and chap the russet plain."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: chappen, ឆាប