Chap has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | There was a time when Christopher Columbus challenged another explorer to a duel. The latter, an underhanded chap, did not take ten steps - as dictated by the rules - but two, then turned around to shoot. Unfortunately for him, Columbus hadn't taken any steps at all. | |
| 2. | Although this chap came into the world in a somewhat impudent fashion, before he was sent for, his mother was pretty; we had fun making him, and the illegitimate fellow must be acknowledged. | |
| 3. | Tom's a polite, kind, and self-effacing chap, who you wouldn't hesitate to introduce to your parents. | |
| 4. | He was a dashing, swaggering chap, smart and curled, who had seen half the world and could talk of what he had seen. | |
| 5. | My dear chap, I'm overjoyed to see you. | |
| 6. | In the winter, my lips would chap. | |
| 7. | Lips chap in winter. |