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as in kid
Southern & Midland
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
a cute little chap
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Recent Examples of chap
This Tony winner follows the adventures of a chap determined to inherit an earldom by removing all the people in line ahead of him.
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Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 16 Mar. 2026
One was a good chap, wasn’t one?
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026
As a bonus, we’re rewarded with-sexy guys romping about in and out of form-fitting leather chaps and then in and out of tight wrestling tights.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Edythe, a past president of the Western & English Manufacturers Association, created chaps with tradition and style.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for chap
Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 16 Mar. 2026
One was a good chap, wasn’t one?
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026
As a bonus, we’re rewarded with-sexy guys romping about in and out of form-fitting leather chaps and then in and out of tight wrestling tights.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Edythe, a past president of the Western & English Manufacturers Association, created chaps with tradition and style.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for chap
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chap
Noun
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After a lengthy, wide-ranging search for their next coach, the Portland Trail Blazers have chosen one of the guys already at the front of the line.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
24 June 2026
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Alcantara has never been known as a strikeout guy.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
Noun
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Take a bunch of kids who’ve never been out of East Tennessee.—
Holly Gleason,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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Your support will help ease the financial burden and give Pam and her kids a sense of hope and security.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
Noun
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Take The Music Lesson, a study of a young woman playing the virginal, closely watched by a gentleman, which Graham-Dixon reads as a depiction of Collegiants chastely performing and singing psalms.—
Clare Bucknell,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
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That is some business that the gentlemen are discussing.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Noun
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All proceeds to the sell-out show, which was simulcast on ESPN, benefited the Garden of Dreams Foundation, the MSG non-profit supporting children in need.—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
20 June 2026
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Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani was away from the team Friday for the birth of his second child with his wife, Mamiko.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
Noun
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There, an adult male was suffering from an apparent gunshot.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
19 June 2026
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Two districts, Ann Arbor Public Schools and Monroe Public Schools, are being investigated for allegedly allowing biological males to compete against girls.—
Ryan Morik OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Noun
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That dude hasn’t been here in years.—
Byron Hurd,
The Drive,
18 June 2026
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Jay, dude, why bother at this point?—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
17 June 2026
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“Chap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chap. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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