Definitions
crack due to dehydration
Word origin
From Middle English chappen (“to split open, burst, chap”), of uncertain origin. Compare Middle English choppen (“to chop”), Dutch kappen (“to cut, chop, hack”). Perhaps related to chip.
Used in a sentence
“Who’s that chap over there?”
““Now when I was a little chap I had a passion for maps.””
“A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“British fellow”4 letters
02“Fellow or crack”4 letters
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