champ Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who has won first place in a competition
    champion; title-holder.
  2. verb chafe at the bit, like horses
  3. verb chew noisily
    chomp.
    • The boy chomped his sandwich

WordNet

Champ transitive verb
Etymology
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.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Champed ; present participle & verbal noun Champing
Definitions
  1. To bite with repeated action of the teeth so as to be heard.
    Foamed and champed the golden bit. Dryden.
  2. To bite into small pieces; to crunch. Steele.
Champ intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To bite or chew impatiently.
    They began . . . irefully to champ upon the bit. Hooker.
Champ, Champe noun (Also<
  • Champ
  • Champe
)
Etymology
F. champ, L. campus field.
Definitions
  1. (Arch.) The field or ground on which carving appears in relief.

Webster 1913