chaps

See also: CHAPS

English

Etymology 1

From chap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃæps/
• Rhymes: -æps

Noun

chaps pl

1. plural of chap

Verb

chaps

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chap

Etymology 2

Chaps

Short for American Spanish chaparreras.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃæps/, /ʃæps/

Noun

1. Protective leather leggings attached at the waist.

   If you are going to use that chainsaw, why don't you put on a pair of chaps?

   Chaps were a costume staple of Westerns.

Translations

Protective leather leggings attached at the waist

• French: guêtres (fr) f pl
• Navajo: akał bistłeeʼ
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• Russian: чаппарахас (čapparaxas)
• Spanish: zahones m pl

See also

• chinks
• woolies

Anagrams

• Pasch