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chapped

/t͡ʃæpt/

chapped adjective: dry and flaky due to excessive evaporation of water from its surface. Also the simple past and past participle of chap.

Adjective

chapped (comparative more chapped, superlative most chapped)

  1. Dry and flaky due to excessive evaporation of water from its surface.
    • 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 […]1854, Sir Erasmus Wilson, Healthy skin: a popular treatise on the skin and hair, their preservation and management
    • […] his nose and his chubby cheeks were chapped and red with cold.1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!
    Synonyms:
    cracked, rough
  2. (in-compounds) Having chaps, or jaws, of a specified kind.
    • This wide-chopt-raſcall, would thou mightſt lye drowning the waſhing of ten Tides.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...

Also used as

chapped is also the simple past and past participle of chap.

chapped meaning in Arabic

chapped in Arabic

of skin: dry and flaky
مُشَقَّق mušaqqaq

Synonyms of chapped

Forms of chapped

comparativemore chapped
superlativemost chapped

Words formed from chapped

Phrases with chapped

Words that rhyme with chapped

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Questions about chapped

What does chapped mean?
Chapped means dry and flaky due to excessive evaporation of water from its surface.
What is chapped in Arabic?
Chapped in Arabic is مُشَقَّق (mušaqqaq). See Chapped meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is chapped?
Chapped is an adjective.
How do you pronounce chapped?
Chapped is pronounced /t͡ʃæpt/.

Words near chapped in the dictionary

  1. chappati
  2. chappatis
  3. chappe
  4. Chappe code
  5. Chappe system
  6. chapped
  7. chapped someone's hide
  8. chappel
  9. Chappelear
  10. Chappelears
  11. chappell

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