English

Verb

chapped

1. simple past tense and past participle of chap

Adjective

chapped ‎(comparative more chapped, superlative most chapped)

1. (of skin) Dry and flaky due to excessive evaporation of water from its surface.
   • 1854 Sir Erasmus Wilson - Healthy skin: a popular treatise on the skin and hair, their preservation and management

     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 ...

   • 1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!

     [...] his nose and his chubby cheeks were chapped and red with cold.

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