chap

A general term for a man of any age after boyhood; but it is not generally meant as a compliment.

← chanticleer × chape →

Chap
·noun A blow; a rap. II. Chap ·noun A buyer; a chapman. III. Chap ·noun A man or boy; a youth; a f...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
chap
A fellow; An odd chap; A strange fellow. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
chap
A boy, lad; a fellow. For you are to consider these critical chaps Do not like to be snubb'd; you ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
slippery chap
One on whom there can be no dependance, a shuffling fellow. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose