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CHAMPING
Verb
champing
present participle of champ
Noun
champing (plural champings)
The sound or action of one who champs.
When I passed them each a plate of the fried meat, they ate greedily, making loud mouth-noises — champings of worn teeth and sucking intakes of the breath, accompanied by a continuous spluttering and mumbling.
Source: Wiktionary
CHAMP
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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