champ

See also Champ, and Champ.

English

Etymology 1

See champion

Pronunciation

• (US, UK, GenAm, RP) IPA: /t͡ʃæmp/
• Rhymes: -æmp

Noun

champ (plural champs)

1. (countable) shortened form of champion

Etymology 2

uncertain, probably imitative

champ (etymology 2, noun)

Pronunciation

• (US, UK, GenAm, RP) IPA: /t͡ʃæmp/
• Rhymes: -æmp

Noun

champ (countable and uncountable; plural champs)

1. (Ireland, uncountable) a meal of mashed potatoes and scallions

Verb

champ (third-person singular simple present champs, present participle champing, simple past and past participle champed)

1. To bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently.
   • Hooker

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

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

     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.”

Translations

to bite or chew

• Bulgarian: дъвча (bg) (dǎvča), хрупам (bg) (hrupam)
• Czech: chroustat (cs)

• Maori: katikati (mi)
• Russian: чавкать (ru) (čávkat') impf., чавкнуть (ru) (čávknut') pf.

Derived terms

• champ at the bit
• chomp

Etymology 3

From champagne by shortening.

Noun

champ (uncountable)

1. (informal) Champagne.
   • 1990, Ann Heller, "Prom Nights Often Offer Students Primer On Fine Dining", Dayton Daily News, 6 April 1990:

     "They're dressed up very elegantly and it's nice they have a glass of champ, even if it's non-alcoholic," Reif says.

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

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

   • 2010, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, Inheritance, Pan Books (2010), ISBN 9780330513265, unnumbered page:

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

Etymology 4

French champ (“field”)

Alternative forms

• champe (obsolete?)

Noun

champ (plural champs)

1. (architecture) The field or ground on which carving appears in relief.

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

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French

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champ

Etymology

From Old French champ, from Latin campus (“field”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃɑ̃/, X-SAMPA: /SA~/

• Audio (France, Paris)

  (file)

• Homophones: champs, chant, chants
• Hyphenation: champ

Noun

champ m (plural champs)

1. field (wide open space)
2. field (area of study)
3. (mathematics) field

Derived terms

à tout bout de champ à travers champs champ’ champ d’action champ d’honneur champ d’observation champ de bataille champ de foire champ de course champ des morts

champ de vision champ du repos champs Élysées champ de manœuvres champ de Mars. champ de tir champ d’aviation champ électrique champ électromagnétique champ clos

champ gravitationnel champ lexical champ libre champ magnétique champ opératoire champ scalaire champ tensoriel champ vectoriel Champagne, champagne champêtre

champi clé des champs contrechamp courir les champs hors-champ mettre aux champs prendre du champ réchampir, échampir sur-le-champ

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Old French

Alternative forms

• chanp
• camp (Old Northern French)

Etymology

From Latin campus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʃãnp/

Noun

champ m (oblique plural champs, nominative singular champs, nominative plural champ)

1. field
2. (by extension) battlefield

Descendants

• French: champ