chappy

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English

Etymology

chap +‎ -y

Pronunciation

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

Noun

chappy (plural chappies)

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

Synonyms

Adjective

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, 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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