chappy
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈt͡ʃæpi/
Noun

chappy (plural chappies)

  1. (British, informal) A chap; a fellow.
Synonyms Adjective

chappy

  1. Full of chaps; cleft; gaping; open.
  2. (of skin, rare, perhaps archaic) Chapped, dry.
    • 1939, in National Health Review, Volumes 7–9,[http://books.google.com/books?id=kgUgAQAAMAAJ&q=chappy ] page 220:
      The application was followed at once by terrible pain in the wound; furthermore, there appeared a dry and chappy tongue, intolerable thirst, colics, cramplike contractions of the legs and back, and a weak and irregular pulse.



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