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champ

/ʃæmp//t͡ʃæmp/

champ noun: buddy, sport, mate. (as a term of address). Also the clipping of champion.

champ: buddy, sport, mate. (as a term of address)
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Noun (1)

champ (plural champs)

  1. (informal) Buddy, sport, mate. (as a term of address)
    • Whatcha doing, champ?
    • “Jesus, this is actually almost depressing.” [honking] “Need a ride, champ?” “Although not as depressing as-- Ron, what the hell are you doing here?” “I'm giving you a ride home. Come on. Hop in.” “What, did my mother send you?” “No, not exactly. I just thought it'd give us the chance to bond.”...2013 February 7, Adam Reed, Tesha Kondrat, “Midnight Ron” (4:53 from the start), in Archer, season 4, episode 4, spoken by Ron Cadillac (Ron Leibman)

Verb (1)

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

  1. (informal) To act or behave like a champ; to endure.
    • 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.2012 March 20, Heather Bramante, “Spring Break must-haves!”, in StudentCity Blog, archived from the original on 13 Apr 2016
    • So on Wednesday I decided to champ up and get in a few couple of workouts all in one day.2011 July 8, “Training When Tired”, in DeanSomerset.com

Noun (2)

champ (usually uncountable, plural champs)

  1. (Ireland, usually) A dish comprising mashed potato and chopped scallions.
    Synonyms:
    poundies

Verb (2)

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

  1. (ambitransitive) To bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently.
    • They began […] irefully to champ upon the bit.[1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page)
    • Foamed and champed the golden bit.1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

Noun (3)

champ (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Champagne.
    • "They're dressed up very elegantly and it's nice they have a glass of champ, even if it's non-alcoholic," Reif says.1990 April 6, Ann Heller, “Prom Nights Often Offer Students Primer On Fine Dining”, in Dayton Daily News
    • We're drinkin' Santana champ, 'cause it's so crisp2009, The Lonely Island (featuring T-Pain), "I'm on a Boat", Incredibad

Noun (4)

champ (plural champs)

  1. (obsolete, rare) The field or ground on which carving appears in relief.
  2. (obsolete, rare) The field of a shield.
    • 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...1914, John Horne Stevenson, Heraldry in Scotland, page 30

Verb (3)

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

  1. 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.1559 July 7, The Ancient Church of Scotland, published 1874, page 101

Verb (4)

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

  1. To camp overnight in a historic church as a novelty or part of a holiday.

Proper noun capitalized: Champ

Champ

  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.

Also used as

champ is also the clipping of champion.

champ is also the clipping of championship.

Examples of champ in a sentence

  • “Jesus, this is actually almost depressing.” [honking] “Need a ride, champ?” “Although not as depressing as-- Ron, what the hell are you doing here?” “I'm giving you a ride home.2013 February 7, Adam Reed, Tesha Kondrat, “Midnight Ron” (4:53 from the start), in Archer, season 4, episode 4, spoken by Ron Cadillac...
  • Just take it easy and make sure you don't champ it like a slider.2004 June 10, “OOOOH! New tyres are fun”, in Motorbike Forums:
  • He was mad, reeling about and gesticulating at the rushing train, and champing and gurgling like a lunatic.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XII, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 200:
  • He champed on one of his own and said, “You must be overworked.1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation (1974 Panther Books Ltd publication), part V: “The Merchant Princes”, chapter 13, page 166, ¶ 18

All 30 example sentences with champ

Synonyms of champ

Forms of champ

Noun
pluralchamps
alternative formchampe
Verb
third-person singular presentchamps
present participlechamping
past participlechamped
pastchamped

Plural of champ: champs

Origin of champ

Clipping of champion /championship.

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

From champagne by shortening.

Words formed from champ

Phrases with champ

Words that rhyme with champ

8 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about champ

What does champ mean?
Champ means buddy, sport, mate. (as a term of address).
How do you use champ in a sentence?
“Jesus, this is actually almost depressing.” [honking] “Need a ride, champ?” “Although not as depressing as-- Ron, what the hell are you doing here?” “I'm giving you a ride home.
What part of speech is champ?
Champ can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce champ?
Champ is pronounced /t͡ʃæmp/ (UK).
What is the plural of champ?
The plural of champ is champs.

Words near champ in the dictionary

  1. Chamouns
  2. Chamovnicheskian
  3. chamoy
  4. chamoyada
  5. chamoyadas
  6. champ
  7. champ at the bit
  8. champ clos
  9. champ down on
  10. champ up
  11. Champa

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