Chapping

Word CHAPPING
Character 8
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈtʃæpɪŋ/

Definitions and meanings of "Chapping"

What do we mean by chapping?

Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.

To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.

To strike, knock.

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The word "chapping" in example sentences

The latter condition of the lips is commonly called chapping, but it is proper to consider chafing and chapping together as the morbid state of the skin, and the treatment is the same for both. ❋ Kenelm Winslow (N/A)

If you have peeling, flaking, or chapping, that is also a problem. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It is useful in the prevention of "chapping," for softening rough skin, for preventing and healing bleeding and cracked lips, as a protective dressing in burns, cuts, or any acute inflammation of the skin where the cuticle has been injured or destroyed, or where it is desirable that a wound should be protected and kept closed from the air. ❋ Kenelm Winslow (N/A)

A slight scratch, abrasion, or even "chapping" is enough. ❋ Unknown (1888)

Three Random Words: la gerçure (f) = crack, chapping jeûner = to fast, to go without food le videur (lit: "the emptier") = bouncer (nightclub) in mise en bouteille/wine bottling | Permalink ❋ Unknown (2009)

The molecules of these products are not small enough to be absorbed into the skin, so they tend to sit on top of the skin instead, which is good if you're trying to protect yourself from chapping from wind and cold. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They had had some harsh weather conditions which gave them a bit of chapping. ❋ Gumbo Lily (2010)

A few birds cheeped in bird innocence, but that was the only sound as the man sauntered toward that purse like some tough sheriff in a Western, though then again, maybe it was just the leather chaps, well, chapping, that made him walk that way. ❋ DEB CALETTI (2010)

She had long grey hair, bottomless black eyes, chapping pursed lips. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It's the blogospheric equivalent of throwing a stone then ducking down behind a wall, or chapping someone's letterbox and then running away. ❋ Hal Duncan (2007)

Purcell's annual salary is £47,500 a year, a serious salary for a serious job, so how he can get away with clocking off at lunchtime to go chapping on doors to campaign for his party is beyond me. ❋ Jeff (2009)

I marvel at fellow bloggers' efforts in delivering leaflets and chapping on doors night after night and week after week in the run up to elections. ❋ Jeff (2009)

There is no substitute for chapping doors - and there is no substitute for going to the pub afterwards. ❋ Jeff (2009)

Okay, I know I promised hybridity and have not yet delivered, but the Malcolm Gladwell tiff nested inside the Viswanathan scandal is causing chapping on the portion of my hide that actually thinks about things. (yes, I know, faulty metaphor thingy, but at least it's not plagiarized.) ❋ Unknown (2006)

Among the many things chapping my ass these days are the political hacks on the TV talking about how the east coast isn't really America. ❋ Heo (2008)

Did you all get a case of lip balm to prevent too much chapping from all that contact with butts? ❋ Unknown (2006)

A lip contour and corrector pencil, it utilizes silicone resin to resist feathering, chapping and bleeding of lip color, extending the wear of your favorite lipstick It also works to add the perception of volume, fullness and shape to the lip area. ❋ Unknown (2006)

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