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C0233800 (chămp)v. champed, champ·ing, champs v.tr. To bite or chew upon noisily.v.intr. To work the jaws and teeth vigorously.Idiom: champ at the bit To show impatience at being held back or delayed. See Usage Note at chomp.

[Probably imitative.]

champ²

C0233800 (chămp)n. Informal A champion.

champ

(tʃæmp) vb1. to munch (food) noisily like a horse2. (when: intr, often foll by on, at, etc) to bite (something) nervously or impatiently; gnaw3. champ at the bit chafe at the bit informal to be impatient to start work, a journey, etcn4. the act or noise of champing5. (Cookery) dialect Ulster a dish, originating in Ireland, of mashed potatoes and spring onions or leeks[C16: probably of imitative origin] ˈchamper n

champ

(tʃæmp) ninformal short for champion¹

champ¹

(tʃæmp, tʃɒmp)

also chomp

v., v.t. 1. to bite upon or grind, esp. impatiently: The horses champed the oats. 2. to crush with the teeth and chew vigorously or noisily; munch. 3. to mash; crush. v.i. 4. to make vigorous chewing or biting movements with the jaws and teeth. [1520–30; perhaps imitative]

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(tʃæmp)

n. Informal. a champion. [1865–70; by shortening]

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Past participle: champed
Gerund: champing

Imperative
champ
champ

Present
I champ
you champ
he/she/it champs
we champ
you champ
they champ

Preterite
I champed
you champed
he/she/it champed
we champed
you champed
they champed

Present Continuous
I am champing
you are champing
he/she/it is champing
we are champing
you are champing
they are champing

Present Perfect
I have champed
you have champed
he/she/it has champed
we have champed
you have champed
they have champed

Past Continuous
I was champing
you were champing
he/she/it was champing
we were champing
you were champing
they were champing

Past Perfect
I had champed
you had champed
he/she/it had champed
we had champed
you had champed
they had champed

Future
I will champ
you will champ
he/she/it will champ
we will champ
you will champ
they will champ

Future Perfect
I will have champed
you will have champed
he/she/it will have champed
we will have champed
you will have champed
they will have champed

Future Continuous
I will be champing
you will be champing
he/she/it will be champing
we will be champing
you will be champing
they will be champing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been champing
you have been champing
he/she/it has been champing
we have been champing
you have been champing
they have been champing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been champing
you will have been champing
he/she/it will have been champing
we will have been champing
you will have been champing
they will have been champing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been champing
you had been champing
he/she/it had been champing
we had been champing
you had been champing
they had been champing

Conditional
I would champ
you would champ
he/she/it would champ
we would champ
you would champ
they would champ

Past Conditional
I would have champed
you would have champed
he/she/it would have champed
we would have champed
you would have champed
they would have champed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	champ - someone who has won first place in a competitionchampion, title-holderrecord-breaker, record-holder - someone who breaks a recordchallenger, competitor, contender, rival, competition - the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
Verb	1.	champ - chafe at the bit, like horseschew, manducate, masticate, jaw - chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth; "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"
	2.	champ - chew noisily; "The boy chomped his sandwich"chompchew, manducate, masticate, jaw - chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth; "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"

champ

verb1. To seize, as food, with the teeth:bite, chomp, gnash, gnaw.2. To bite and grind with the teeth:chew, chomp, chump, crump, crunch, masticate, munch.Regional: chaw.

Translations

大声嚼

champ

(tʃӕmp) verb (especially of horses) to chew noisily. （马等）大声嚼 champ at the bit to be impatient; to show signs of impatience. 不耐烦

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champ at the bit

To be very eager or impatient to do something. The phrase alludes to an excited horse chewing on its "bit" (a metal mouthpiece). The kids are champing at the bit to go to the park—can you take them? Now that my daughter is 16, she's champing at the bit to take the driver's test.See also: bit, champ

be champing at the bit

like a champ

In a way that displays great determination, skill, professionalism, or grace. She got through boot camp like a champ, so any concerns I had about her pursuing a career the military are gone now. After a heartbreaking loss in the final moments of the match, Jason stood up, brushed himself off, and accepted the defeat like a champ.See also: champ, like

champ at the bit

and chomp at the bit 1. Lit. [for a horse] to bite at its bit, eager to move along. Dobbin was champing at the bit, eager to go. 2. Fig. to be ready and anxious to do something. The kids were champing at the bit to get into the swimming pool. The dogs were champing at the bit to begin the hunt.See also: bit, champ

champ at the bit

Show impatience at being held back or delayed, as in The dismissal bell hadn't rung, but they were champing at the bit to leave. This term transfers the action of a horse that impatiently bites the bit in its mouth to human behavior. [Mid-1600s] See also: bit, champ

like a champ

Very well, very successfully, as in He got through that audition like a champ. This expression, in which champ is short for champion, alludes to the winner of a sporting competition. [Slang; c. 1960] See also: champ, like

be champing at the bit

be chomping at the bit

If you are champing at the bit, you want to do something now and feel impatient because you are being prevented from doing so. Note: In the first and third expressions, a `bit' is a piece of metal which is held in a horse's mouth by the bridle and reins. Foremen had been champing at the bit to strike before next week's meeting. He had three of Goldman's best clients chomping at the bit to get a piece of this deal.See also: bit, champ

champ (or chafe) at the bit

be restlessly impatient, especially to start doing something. Champ at the bit is used literally of a spirited horse that tugs at the bit in its mouth in its eagerness to move.See also: bit, champ

be ˌchamping/ˌchomping at the ˈbit

(also be ˌchafing at the bit more formal) be impatient to do or to start doing something: The players were champing at the bit as the start of the match was delayed. ♢ I know you’re chafing at the bit, so we’ll start as soon as we can. Champ and chomp mean to bite or eat something noisily. The bit is the piece of metal which goes in a horse’s mouth and is used to control the horse.See also: bit, champ, chomp

champ

(tʃæmp)1. n. a champion. (Also a term of address.) Mark is a real champ—always there to help. 2. n. a dependable member of the underworld. (see also thoroughbred.) Lefty is a champ. He stood by me the whole time.

champ at the bit

To show impatience at being held back or delayed.See also: bit, champ

champ at the bit, to

To express impatience at delay, to be eager to get going. To champ has meant to bite, chew, or grind upon since the sixteenth century, although its precise origin is uncertain. The analogy of the cliché is to a racehorse chewing on the bit at the start of a race, anxious to be off. The term was still being used literally in the nineteenth century (“The very horses champed at their bits,” Sketch Book, Washington Irving, 1820) but began to be used figuratively by 1900.See also: champ

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verb to seize, as food, with the teeth

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verb to bite and grind with the teeth

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noun someone who has won first place in a competition

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verb chafe at the bit, like horses

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verb chew noisily

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