Sekirov Dictionary

champ

/t͡ʃæmp/

noun 6
verb 4
/ʃæmp/ noun 1
forms 3
phrases 2

noun6

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(informal) Buddy, sport, mate. (as a term of address)
- Whatcha doing, champ?
(informal) a short form of "champion", used in speech about someone who has won a competition
•
[in the plural] (informal) Clipping of championship.
- The team failed to make it to the Champs.
(Ireland) A dish comprising mashed potato and chopped scallions.
(no longer used, rare) The field or ground on which carving appears in relief.
(no longer used, rare) The field of a shield.

verb4

•
To bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently.
- They began […] irefully to champ upon the bit. — 1594
•
(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
To camp overnight in a historic church as a novelty or part of a holiday.
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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

champ

/ʃæmp/

noun1

•
(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

forms

champed · champing · champs

Phrases with champ

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