chaps

See also: CHAPS and chaps.

English

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃæps/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æps

Noun

chaps pl

  1. plural of chap

Verb

chaps

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chap

Etymology 2

Chaps

Short for American Spanish chaparreras or chaparejos. Related to chaparejos and chaparral.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃæps/, /ʃæps/

Noun

chaps pl (plural only)

  1. Protective leather leggings attached at the waist.
    If you are going to use that chainsaw, why don't you put on a pair of chaps?
    Chaps were a costume staple of Westerns.
  2. The shaggy hair on male aoudads (barbary sheep) that extends from the throat and chest sometimes covering each leg.
    • 2025 August, Shane Jann, “Analyzing aoudads”, in Texas Outdoors, pages 32–32:
      Mundy also points out mass of horn, scarred faces, long chaps (unless in brushy country and the thick vegetation might pull out chap hair), and scars on the sides of the ram from his long horns rubbing away the hair as good signs that you've found a respectable shooter amongst the many.
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Polish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈxaps/
  • Rhymes: -aps
  • Syllabification: chaps

Interjection

chaps

  1. alternative form of chap
verbs

Further reading

  • “chaps”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • “chaps”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)
  • Gustaw Pobłocki (1887), “chaps”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 129
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