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Champ
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Champ
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Champ has 1 sense
- champ(n = noun.person) champion, title-holder - someone who has won first place in a competition; Array has particulars: record-breaker, record-holder
is a kind of challenger, competition, competitor, contender, rival
Verb Champ has 2 senses
- champ(v = verb.consumption) Array - chafe at the bit, like horses; Array is one way to chew, jaw, manducate, masticate
- champ(v = verb.consumption) chomp - chew noisily; "The boy chomped his sandwich" is one way to chew, jaw, manducate, masticate
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CIDE DICTIONARY
Champ, v. t. [Prob, of Scand. orgin; cf. dial. Sw. kämsa to chew with difficulty, champ; but cf. also OF. champier, champeyer, champoyer, to graze in fields, fr. F. champ field, fr. L. campus. Cf. Camp.].
- To bite with repeated action of the teeth so as to be heard. [1913 Webster]"Foamed and champed the golden bit." [1913 Webster]
- To bite into small pieces; to crunch. Steele. [1913 Webster]
Champ, v. i.
To bite or chew impatiently. [1913 Webster]
"They began . . . irefully to champ upon the bit."
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Champ, n. [F. champ, L. campus field.].
The field or ground on which carving appears in relief. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Champ, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. munch or chew noisily.
2 tr. (of a horse etc.) work (the bit) noisily between the teeth.
3 intr. fret with impatience (is champing to be away).
--n. a chewing noise or motion.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. munch or chew noisily.
2 tr. (of a horse etc.) work (the bit) noisily between the teeth.
3 intr. fret with impatience (is champing to be away).
--n. a chewing noise or motion.
Idiom
champ at the bit be restlessly impatient.
Champ, n. sl. a champion.
Etymology
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THESAURUS
Champ
Olympic medal winner, award winner, bite, bolus, champion, chaw, chew, chew the cud, chew up, chomp, conquering hero, conqueror, conquistador, crunch, crush, cud, defeater, easy winner, gnash, gnaw, gob, grind, gum, hero, laureate, macerate, mash, master, masticate, medalist, morsel, mouth, mouthful, mumble, munch, nibble, nip, pancratiast, peck, pick, prizeman, prizetaker, prizewinner, quid, ruminate, runner-up, scrunch, shoo-in, smash, snap, subduer, subjugator, sure winner, swallow, top dog, triumpher, vanquisher, victor, winner, world champion, world-record holderROGET THESAURUS
Champ
Food
VB eat, feed, fare, devour, swallow, take, gulp, bolt, snap, fall to, despatch, dispatch, discuss, take down, get down, gulp down, lay in, tuck in, lick, pick, peck, gormandize, bite, champ, munch, cranch, craunch, crunch, chew, masticate, nibble, gnaw, mumble, live on, feed upon, batten upon, fatten upon, feast upon, browse, graze, crop, regale, carouse, eat heartily, do justice to, play a good knife and fork, banquet, break bread, break one's fast, breakfast, lunch, dine, take tea, sup, drink in, drink up, drink one's fill, quaff, sip, sup, suck, suck up, lap, swig, swill, chugalug, tipple, empty one's glass, drain the cup, toss off, toss one's glass, wash down, crack a bottle, wet one's whistle, purvey.
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