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)
- 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!
- 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
| comparative | more chapped |
|---|---|
| superlative | most chapped |
Words formed from chapped
Phrases with chapped
Words that rhyme with chapped
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/.
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