chappy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

chap +‎ -y

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃæpi/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -æpi
  • Hyphenation: chap‧py

Noun[edit]

chappy (plural chappies)

  1. (Britain, informal) A chap; a fellow.

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Adjective[edit]

chappy (comparative more chappy, superlative most chappy)

  1. Full of chaps; cleft; gaping; open.
  2. (of skin, rare, perhaps archaic) Chapped, dry.
    • 1939, National Health Review[1], volumes 7–9, page 220:
      The application was followed at once by terrible pain in the wound; furthermore, there appeared a dry and chappy tongue, intolerable thirst, colics, cramplike contractions of the legs and back, and a weak and irregular pulse.

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