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Webster 1913 Edition

Champ

Champ

(chămp)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Champed
(chămt)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Champing
.]
[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
.]
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

,
Verb.
I.
To bite or chew impatiently.
They began . . . irefully to
champ
upon the bit.
Hooker.

Webster 1828 Edition

Champ

CHAMP

, v.t.
1.
To bite with repeated action of the teeth; as, a horse champs the bit.
2.
To bite into small pieces; to chew; to masticate; to devour.

CHAMP

,
Verb.
I.
To chew; to perform the action of biting by repeated motion of the teeth; as, to champ upon the bit.

Definition 2025

čhamp

čhamp

See also: champ, Champ, and Champ.

Friulian

Alternative forms

  • cjamp (standard orthography)

Noun

čhamp m

  1. Alternative form of cjamp

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