Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chapped

/t͡ʃæpt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.47 in modern English

Syllables: chapped
IPA: /t͡ʃæpt/

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Dry and flaky due to excessive evaporation of water from its surface.

adj

Having chaps, or jaws, of a specified kind.

verb

simple past and past participle of chap

Example Sentences

"For chapped lips, or chapped nipples, the tincture of catechu, or benjamin, […] / For severely chapped hands or face, the oxide of zinc ointment or camphor […]"
"[…] his nose and his chubby cheeks were chapped and red with cold."
"His lips were chapped and lined with a ghostly purple fringe."
"This wide-chopt-raſcall, would thou mightſt lye drowning the waſhing of ten Tides."

Inflected Forms

more chapped (comparative) most chapped (superlative)

Derived Forms

unchapped windchapped

Synonyms

cracked rough roughened

Rhymes With

wrapped adapt snapped apt tapped capped clapped rapt zapped crapped flapped gapped

Questions

How do you pronounce chapped?: The recorded pronunciation is /t͡ʃæpt/.
What does chapped mean?: Dry and flaky due to excessive evaporation of water from its surface.

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