chapped

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chapped

/t͡ʃæpt/

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adjective more chapped · most chapped

of skin Dry and flaky due to excessive evaporation of water from its surface. For chapped lips, or chapped nipples, the tincture of catechu, or benjamin, […] / For severely chapped hands or face, the oxide of zinc ointment or camphor […]
Similar: cracked, rough
in compounds Having chaps, or jaws, of a specified kind. This wide-chopt-raſcall, would thou mightſt lye drowning the waſhing of ten Tides.

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of chap

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adj of skin: dry and flaky

Español	agrietado
Français	gercé
Deutsch	aufgesprungen, rissig
Italiano	screpolato
Русский	обве́тренный obvétrennyj, потрескавшийся potreskavšijsja
العربية	مُشَقَّق mušaqqaq

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@misc{chapped_2026,
  title = {chapped},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chapped},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}