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Added 9 October 2026

champ

/t͡ʃæmp/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about champ at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Someone who has won first place in a competition.

verb

Chafe at the bit, like horses.
Chew noisily.
The boy chomped his sandwich

Origin

From Middle English champen, chammen (“to bite; gnash the teeth”), perhaps originally imitative.

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