champ
verb/tʃæmp/
/tʃæmp/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they champ | /tʃæmp/ /tʃæmp/ |
| he / she / it champs | /tʃæmps/ /tʃæmps/ |
| past simple champed | /tʃæmpt/ /tʃæmpt/ |
| past participle champed | /tʃæmpt/ /tʃæmpt/ |
| -ing form champing | /ˈtʃæmpɪŋ/ /ˈtʃæmpɪŋ/ |
- champ (something) (especially of horses) to bite or eat something noisilyWord Originverb late Middle English: probably imitative.
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Idioms
See champ in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarychamping 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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