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Champ
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To bite with repeated action of the teeth so as to be heard. Foamed and champed the golden bit. Dryden.
2. To bite into small pieces; to crunch. Steele.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To bite or chew impatiently. They began . . . irefully to champ upon the bit. Hooker.