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thick as champ

thick as champ adjective: very ignorant or foolish, sullen or in a bad temper.

Adjective

thick as champ (not comparable)

  1. (Hiberno-English, informal) Very ignorant or foolish, sullen or in a bad temper.

Origin of thick as champ

See champ (“Irish dish of potatoes”).

Questions about thick as champ

What does thick as champ mean?
Thick as champ means very ignorant or foolish, sullen or in a bad temper.
What part of speech is thick as champ?
Thick as champ is an adjective.

Words near thick as champ in the dictionary

  1. thick and threefold
  2. thick around the middle
  3. thick as a brick
  4. thick as a plank
  5. thick as a whale omelette
  6. thick as champ
  7. thick as mince
  8. thick as pig shit
  9. thick as pigshit
  10. thick as thieves
  11. thick as two short planks

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