Standard Lemma guide

chaps

name · noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /t͡ʃæps/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æps
  • /ʃæps/
  • CMU ARPABET: CH AE1 P S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Acronym of clearing house automated payment system, a method of same-day banking transfer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

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2

name

Meaning 2

plural of Chap

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

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3

noun

Meaning 3

plural of chap

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Protective leather leggings attached at the waist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

Examples

  • 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.

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5

noun

Meaning 5

The shaggy hair on male aoudads (barbary sheep) that extends from the throat and chest sometimes covering each leg.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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6

verb

Meaning 6

third-person singular simple present indicative of chap

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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History

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: guêtres — Protective leather leggings attached at the waist
  • Navajo: akał bistłeeʼ — Protective leather leggings attached at the waist
  • Russian: чаппарахас (čapparaxas) — Protective leather leggings attached at the waist
  • Spanish: zahones — Protective leather leggings attached at the waist