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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?
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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.
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Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
Edythe, a past president of the Western & English Manufacturers Association, created chaps with tradition and style.
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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.
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Alcantara has never been known as a strikeout guy.
Noun
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Francois, who runs a medical rehabilitation in New York and brought his adult kids to see Les Grenadiers, said Haiti’s qualification, achieved amid extraordinary circumstances, was itself cause for celebration.
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His kids, though hesitant at first, became a large part of the business.
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.
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That is some business that the gentlemen are discussing.
Noun
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The 44-year-old singer's children, Sean Preston, 20, and Jayden James, 19, made a rare joint public appearance at Paris Men's Fashion Week after TMZ reported that the two would achieve a runway milestone together during the days-long sartorial event overseas.
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Sandra Cherfrere, an attorney and child of Haitian immigrants, highlighted the practical complications for families with children born abroad.
Noun
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Witnesses reported the suspects as two males in a 1990s white, two-door sedan, similar to a Honda Accord, with tinted windows, police said.
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That’s compared with 5% of cisgender male and 11% of cisgender female students.
Noun
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Not the fun stuff — waving down at your antlike neighbors, chatting up green alien dudes — but the dicey stuff like zero gravity and sound and communication distortions?
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But when danger walks in courtesy of a very large and formidable alien, Kara walks out and throws hands at the dude.
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“Chap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chap. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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