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Chaps

/tʃæps/

(obsolete outside Britain and Australia) A man, a fellow.

📖 Definitions of "Chaps"

noun

1
(obsolete outside Britain and Australia) A man, a fellow.
"Who’s that chap over there?"
2
A customer, a buyer.
3
A child.

noun

verb

1
Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.
2
To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
3
To strike, knock.

noun

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
fellanoun	(Australian Aboriginal) Used as a general intensifier; a pfella.
ladnoun	A boy or young man.
fellownoun	(chiefly in the plural, also figuratively) A companion; a comrade.
gentnoun	(colloquial) A gentleman.
blighternoun	(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, often disrespectful) A person, usually male, especially one who behaves in an objectionable or pitiable manner.
cussnoun	(chiefly US, colloquial) A curse.
cracknoun	A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
fissurenoun	A long, narrow crack or opening made by breaking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.
crannynoun	A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.
crevicenoun	A narrow crack or fissure, as in a rock or wall.
capnoun	A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.
quartersnoun	(by extension) The place where someone or something lives.
boysnoun	(slang) The testicles.
capenoun	A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders.
mennoun	(collective, dated, fantasy) (The) people, humanity, man(kind).
dudesnoun	(slang, as a collective noun) Any group of people, regardless of gender.
guysnoun	(colloquial) Used to address a group of people regardless of gender.
matesnoun	A surname.
folksnoun	(US) People in general; everybody or anybody.
classroomnoun	A room, often in a school, where classes take place.