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Definition of champ verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

champ

verb

NAmE//tʃæmp//

[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they champ

he / she / it champs

past simple champed

-ing form champing

champ (something) (especially of horses) to bite or eat (something) noisily

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Idioms

champing at the bit (informal)

impatient to do or start doing something Gerry's champing at the bit to go to college.

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