CHAMP

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To bite with repeated action of the teeth so as to be heard. Foamed and champed the golden bit. Dryden.

2.
v.

To bite into small pieces; to crunch. Steele.

3.
v.

To bite or chew impatiently. They began . . . irefully to champ upon the bit. Hooker.

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