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Champ

//ʃæmp// name, noun, verb, slang

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Proper Noun

1
A large aquatic creature, similar to the Loch Ness monster, which supposedly lives in Lake Champlain, located on the shared borders of the American states of Vermont and New York and the Canadian province of Quebec.

Noun

1
Clipping of champion. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
2
A dish comprising mashed potato and chopped scallions. Ireland, uncountable, usually
3
Champagne. informal, uncountable
""They're dressed up very elegantly and it's nice they have a glass of champ, even if it's non-alcoholic," Reif says."
4
The field or ground on which carving appears in relief. obsolete, rare
5
someone who has won first place in a competition wordnet

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6
Clipping of championship. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, in-plural
"The team failed to make it to the Champs."
7
The field of a shield. obsolete, rare
"If a man, he adds, have taken for his arms 'a low of gules in a champ of silver,'¹ […] ¹A flame (pile wavy) gules in a silver field. Thus the arms of the family of Bataille de Mandelot are, Argent three flames, per piles wavy gules, issuant from the base. Woodward, Heraldry, i. 158. Otherwise one might almost suppose that the word 'low' of the MS. was a misprint or a misunderstanding of the scribe for 'cow'; for the instance in one MS. of the original French is that of a man who took 'une vache de geules et trois estoiles par dessus.'"
8
Buddy, sport, mate. (as a term of address) informal
"Whatcha doing, champ?"

Verb

1
To act or behave like a champ; to endure. informal
"Either champ it out and post up on the cement or face-down in the sand or get out the hammock and hang it from a palm tree."
2
To bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently. ambitransitive
"They began […] irefully to champ upon the bit."
3
To set (a surface) with a champ (a contrasting field or background).
"Three of red cloth of gold champed with (with a ground of) velvet. One of white cloth of gold champed with blue velvet. One of red champed with blue velvet."
4
To camp overnight in a historic church as a novelty or part of a holiday.
5
chew noisily or vigorously wordnet

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6
chafe at the bit, like horses wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s Proto-Italic *kampos Latin campusbor. Frankish *kamp Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Frankish *-jan Frankish *kampijan Proto-Germanic *-jô Frankish *-jō Frankish *kampijōbor. Medieval Latin campiō Old French champiunbor. Middle English champioun English champion English champ Clipping of champion /championship.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

From Middle English champen, chammen (“to bite; gnash the teeth”), perhaps originally imitative.

Etymology 4

From Middle English champen, chammen (“to bite; gnash the teeth”), perhaps originally imitative.

Etymology 5

From champagne by shortening.

Etymology 6

Borrowed from French champ m (“field”). Doublet of campus and camp.

Etymology 7

Borrowed from French champ m (“field”). Doublet of campus and camp.

Etymology 8

Blend of church + camp or back-formation from champing.

Etymology 9

Clipping of Champlain (“Lake Champlain”).

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