champ

plural champs

1. abbreviationclippingcolloquialClipping of champion.
2. abbreviationclippingcolloquialin pluralClipping of championship.

   The team failed to make it to the Champs.

3. informalBuddy, sport, mate. (as a term of address)

   Whatcha doing, champ?

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   “Jesus, this is actually almost depressing.” [honking] “Need a ride, champ?” “Although not as depressing as-- Ron, what the hell are you doing here?” “I'm giving you a ride home. Come on. Hop in.” “What, did my mother send you?” “No, not exactly. I just thought it'd give us the chance to bond.” “Yeah. Don't take this the wrong way, Ron, but I'd rather bond with a CHUD.” [inaudible]. “But CHUDs live in New York, so let's go.” [tires squealing]

   2013 February 7, Adam Reed, Tesha Kondrat, “Midnight Ron” (4:53 from the start), in Archer, season 4, episode 4, spoken by Ron Cadillac (Ron Leibman)

present singular third person champs · participle present champing · participle past champed · past champed

1. informalTo act or behave like a champ; to endure.

   Just take it easy and make sure you don't champ it like a slider.

   2004 June 10, “OOOOH! New tyres are fun”, in Motorbike Forums

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   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 March 20, Heather Bramante, “Spring Break must-haves!”, in StudentCity Blog, archived from the original on 13 Apr 2016

   So on Wednesday I decided to champ up and get in a few couple of workouts all in one day.

   2011 July 8, “Training When Tired”, in DeanSomerset.com

plural champs

1. IrelanduncountableusuallyA dish comprising mashed potato and chopped scallions.

   Synonyms: poundies

present singular third person champs · participle present champing · participle past champed · past champed

1. ambitransitiveTo bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently.

   Foamed and champed the golden bit.

   1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

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   They began […] irefully to champ upon the bit.

   [1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page)

   He was mad, reeling about and gesticulating at the rushing train, and champing and gurgling like a lunatic.

   1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XII, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 200

   The man beside him placed a cigar between Mallow’s teeth and lit it. He champed on one of his own and said, “You must be overworked. Maybe you need a long rest.”

   1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation (1974 Panther Books Ltd publication), part V: “The Merchant Princes”, chapter 13, page 166, ¶ 18

1. informaluncountableChampagne.

   We're drinkin' Santana champ, 'cause it's so crisp

   2009, The Lonely Island (featuring T-Pain), "I'm on a Boat", Incredibad

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   "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 April 6, Ann Heller, “Prom Nights Often Offer Students Primer On Fine Dining”, in Dayton Daily News

   'Glass of champ?' she called, skipping into the kitchen.

   2010, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, Inheritance, Pan Books, published 2010, →ISBN

plural champs · alternative champe

1. obsoleterarearchitectureThe field or ground on which carving appears in relief.
2. obsoleteraregovernmentThe field of a shield.

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   If a man, he adds, have taken for his arms 'a low of gules in a champ of silver,'¹ […] ¹A flame (pile wavy) gules in a silver field. Thus the arms of the family of Bataille de Mandelot are, Argent three flames, per piles wavy gules, issuant from the base. Woodward, Heraldry, i. 158. Otherwise one might almost suppose that the word 'low' of the MS. was a misprint or a misunderstanding of the scribe for 'cow'; for the instance in one MS. of the original French is that of a man who took 'une vache de geules et trois estoiles par dessus.'

   1914, John Horne Stevenson, Heraldry in Scotland, page 30

present singular third person champs · participle present champing · participle past champed · past champed · alternative champe

1. governmentTo 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 July 7, The Ancient Church of Scotland, published 1874, page 101

present singular third person champs · participle present champing · participle past champed · past champed

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

alternative Champy · alternative Champie · alternative Champee

1. biologyA 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.