From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
chap n 1: a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke" [syn: chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke] 2: a long narrow depression in a surface [syn: crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap] 3: a crack in a lip caused usually by cold 4: (usually in the plural) leather leggings without a seat; joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over trousers by cowboys to protect their legs v 1: crack due to dehydration; "My lips chap in this dry weather"