CHAMP

champion, champ, title-holder

(noun) someone who has won first place in a competition

chomp, champ

(verb) chew noisily; “The boy chomped his sandwich”

champ

(verb) chafe at the bit, like horses

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

champ (plural champs)

Clipping of champion.

(informal) buddy, sport, mate (as a term of address)

Etymology 2

Noun

champ (usually uncountable, plural champs)

(Ireland) a meal of mashed potatoes and scallions

Verb

champ (third-person singular simple present champs, present participle champing, simple past and past participle champed)

(ambitransitive) to bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently.

Etymology 3

Noun

champ (uncountable)

(informal) champagne

Etymology 4

Noun

champ (plural champs)

(architecture, obsolete or rare) the field or ground on which carving appears in relief

(heraldry, obsolete or rare) the field of a shield

Etymology

Proper noun

Champ

(cryptozoology) 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.

Source: Wiktionary


Champ, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Champed; p. pr. & vb. n. Champing.] Etym: [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, v. i.

Definition: To bite or chew impatiently. They began . . . irefully to champ upon the bit. Hooker.

Champ, Champe, n. Etym: [F. champ, L. campus field.] (Arch.)

Definition: The field or ground on which carving appears in relief.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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