champ

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Clipping of champion.

2. 2

   Clipping of championship.

   • The team failed to make it to the Champs.
3. 3

   Buddy, sport, mate. (as a term of address)

   • Whatcha doing, champ?
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   1. 4

      To act or behave like a champ

      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.
      • So on Wednesday I decided to champ up and get in a few couple of workouts all in one day.
      • Just take it easy and make sure you don't champ it like a slider.
   2. 5

      A dish comprising mashed potato and chopped scallions.

   3. 6

      To bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently.

      • They began […] irefully to champ upon the bit.
      • Foamed and champed the golden bit.
      • He was mad, reeling about and gesticulating at the rushing train, and champing and gurgling like a lunatic.
   4. 7

      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.
      • We're drinkin' Santana champ, 'cause it's so crisp
      • 'Glass of champ?' she called, skipping into the kitchen.
   5. 8

      The field or ground on which carving appears in relief.

   6. 9

      The field of a shield.

   7. 10

      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.
   8. 11

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

   9. 12

      A large aquatic creature, similar to the Loch Ness monster, which supposedly lives in…

      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.

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