CHAMP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does champ mean? 

• CHAMP (noun)
  The noun CHAMP has 1 sense:

1. someone who has won first place in a competition

  Familiarity information: CHAMP used as a noun is very rare.

• CHAMP (verb)
  The verb CHAMP has 2 senses:

1. chafe at the bit, like horses

2. chew noisily

  Familiarity information: CHAMP used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHAMP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who has won first place in a competition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

champ; champion; title-holder

Hypernyms ("champ" is a kind of...):

challenger; competition; competitor; contender; rival (the contestant you hope to defeat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "champ"):

record-breaker; record-holder (someone who breaks a record)

• CHAMP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they champ    ... he / she / it champs   
Past simple: champed   
Past participle: champed   
-ing form: champing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chafe at the bit, like horses

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "champ" is one way to...):

chew; jaw; manducate; masticate (chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Chew noisily

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

champ; chomp

Context example:

The boy chomped his sandwich

Hypernyms (to "champ" is one way to...):

chew; jaw; manducate; masticate (chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

Close behind him he could hear the murmur of the bowmen, the occasional bursts of hoarse laughter, and the champing and stamping of their horses.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The body shook and quivered and twisted in wild contortions; the sharp white teeth champed together till the lips were cut, and the mouth was smeared with a crimson foam.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

And then the writhing and quivering of the body became less, and the teeth seemed to champ, and the face to quiver. Finally it lay still. The terrible task was over.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Indeed, it seemed as though all hope and light had gone so far from them that it was not to be brought back; for when Sir Nigel threw down a handful of silver among them there came no softening of their lined faces, but they clutched greedily at the coins, peering questioningly at him, and champing with their animal jaws.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I kept my eyes fixed on Lucy, as did Van Helsing, and we saw a spasm as of rage flit like a shadow over her face; the sharp teeth champed together.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Behind the tents the great war-horses, armed at all points, champed and reared, while their masters sat at the doors of their pavilions, with their helmets upon their knees, chatting as to the order of the day's doings.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As the door began to open, the howling of the wolves without grew louder and angrier; their red jaws, with champing teeth, and their blunt-clawed feet as they leaped, came in through the opening door.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

His eyes flamed red with devilish passion; the great nostrils of the white aquiline nose opened wide and quivered at the edge; and the white sharp teeth, behind the full lips of the blood-dripping mouth, champed together like those of a wild beast.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

As my eyes opened involuntarily I saw his strong hand grasp the slender neck of the fair woman and with giant's power draw it back, the blue eyes transformed with fury, the white teeth champing with rage, and the fair cheeks blazing red with passion.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)