how to pronounce chap

/ˈtʃæp/

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chap is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of chap in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… i feel a bit like charlie chap south …”

meanings of chap

noun:

A division; a breach, as in a party.
Clipping of chapter (“division of a text").
A child.
One of the jaws or cheeks of a vice, etc.
A blow; a rap.
The jaw.
A customer, a buyer.
A man, a fellow.
A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.

verb:

To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
To strike, knock.
Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.

name:

Initialism of Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol.

chap frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word chap occurs in english on average 4.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.