chaps

See also: CHAPS and chaps.

English

Etymology 1

From chap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃæps/

• Audio (US):

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• 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.

Derived terms

• Bath chaps

Translations

Protective leather leggings attached at the waist

• French: guêtres (fr) f pl
• Navajo: akał bistłeeʼ
• Russian: чаппарахас (čapparaxas)
• Spanish: zahones m pl

See also

• chinks
• woolies

Anagrams

• Pasch

Polish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈxaps/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): /ˈxaps/

• Rhymes: -aps
• Syllabification: chaps

Interjection

chaps

1. Alternative form of chap

Related terms

verbs

• chapać impf
• chapać dzidę impf
• chapnąć pf
• chapsnąć pf

 

Further reading

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