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Chapped vs Whapped - What's the difference?

chapped | whapped |

As verbs the difference between chapped and whapped

is that chapped is past tense of chap while whapped is past tense of whap.

As an adjective chapped

is dry and flaky due to excessive evaporation of water from its surface.

chapped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (chap)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • (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 ,
    • [...] his nose and his chubby cheeks were chapped and red with cold.

    whapped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (whap)

    • whap

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A blow; a hit; a variation of whop.
  • (Scotland) the curlew.

    • Verb

    (whapp)
  • To strike hard and suddenly.
  • To throw oneself quickly, or by an abrupt motion; to turn suddenly.
    • She whapped down on the floor.
    The fish whapped over.
    (Bartlett)

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • A sudden blow; a variation of whop.

    • Derived terms

    * awhape

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