Champ
[tʃæmp]
Definition
(v. t.) To bite with repeated action of the teeth so as to be heard.
(v. t.) To bite into small pieces; to crunch.
(v. i.) To bite or chew impatiently.
(n.) Alt. of Champe
Editor: Verna
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Bite, chew, gnaw.
Edited by Amber
Definition
v.i. to make a snapping noise with the jaws in chewing.—v.t. to bite or chew: to crush: to mash.—n. champing.—n. Champ′ing the action of the verb champ: mashing.
Typed by Justine
Examples
- The courser paw'd the ground with restless feet, And snorting foam'd and champ'd the golden bit. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The Assembly had no stomach to back the government's action of July in the Champ de Mars. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was a procession to the Champ de Mars, which he headed, brilliantly arrayed, bearing a great bunch of flowers and wheat ears. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As I was one day taking a solitary drive up the Champs Elysées on my road to the Bois de Boulogne, the Duke of Wellington galloped past my carriage. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Then the Bois and Champs Elysees are _tres magnifique_. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- We often strolled in the Tuilleries, or down the Champs Elysées. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- For a long time Archer sat on a bench in the Champs Elysees and wondered, while the stream of life rolled by. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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