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Definition: Champ |
ChampNoun1. Someone who has won first place in a competition. Verb1. Chafe at the bit, of horses. 2. Chew noisily. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "champ" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | Of a horse. . . to take hold of the bit and play with it. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Champ is an Irish dish of mashed potatoes and scallions (spring onions). Champ is the name given to a reputed sea monster of the US Lake Champlain, although the creature's existence has never been scientifically verified. Some people believe that Champ is a figment of overeager imaginations, while others believe that perhaps some unknown species of creature does reside deep in the lake. To be on the safe side, the state government of Vermont has put Champ on its Endangered Species List, so that, if an unknown water-animal is present, it will be protected by law.See also:
- Cryptid
- Cryptozoology
- Lake Tianchi Monster
- Loch Ness Monster
- Ogopogo
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Champ."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Champ is a village located in St. Louis County, Missouri. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 12.Geography
Champ is located at 38°44'37" North, 90°27'5" West (38.743529, -90.451309)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.2 km² (0.8 mi²). 2.2 km² (0.8 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 12 people, 4 households, and 4 families residing in the village. The population density is 5.5/km² (14.4/mi²). There are 6 housing units at an average density of 2.8/km² (7.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 66.67% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 33.33% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 4 households out of which 50.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 100.0% are married couples living together, 0.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 0.0% are non-families. 0.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 0.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.00 and the average family size is 3.00. In the village the population is spread out with 25.0% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 33.3% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 8.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 140.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 125.0 males. The median income for a household in the village is $75,487, and the median income for a family is $75,487. Males have a median income of $75,487 versus $0 for females. The per capita income for the village is $18,762. 0.0% of the population and 0.0% of families are below the poverty line.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Champ, Missouri."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
CHAMP | English | Community Health Air Monitoring Program | N/A |
| Champ. | English | Champion | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: ChampSynonyms: champion (n), title-holder (n), chomp (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Arena | Noun: arena, field, platform; scene of action, theater; walk, course; hustings; stare, boards; (playhouse); amphitheater; Coliseum, Colosseum; Flavian amphitheater, hippodrome, circus, race course, corso, turf, bear garden, playground, gymnasium, palestra, ring, lists; tiltyard, tilting ground; Campus Martins, Champ de Allars; campus. |
Disobedience | Turn restive, run restive; champ the bit; strike; (resist); rise, rise in arms; secede; mutiny, rebel. |
Excitability | Verb: be impatient; Adjective: not be able to bear; bear ill, wince, chafe, champ a bit; be in a stew; Noun: be out of all patience, fidget, fuss, not have a wink of sleep; toss on one's pillow. |
Food | Verb: eat, feed, fare, devour, swallow, take; gulp, bolt, snap; fall to; despatch, dispatch; discuss; take down, get down, gulp down; lay in, tuck in; lick, pick, peck; gormandize; bite, champ, munch, cranch, craunch, crunch, chew, masticate, nibble, gnaw, mumble. |
Resentment | Pout, knit the brow, frown, scowl, lower, snarl, growl, gnarl, gnash, snap; redden, color; look black, look black as thunder, look daggers; bite one's thumb; show one's teeth, grind one's teeth; champ the bit, champ at the bit. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Champ |
| English words defined with "champ": Champed, Champing, Chud. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "champ": CANNON, Champ de Manoeuvre ♦ story. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "champ": Chomp. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Champ" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (farm, field, fizz, purview, range, site, yard), Romansch (field). |
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Screenplays | Not a run-of-the-mill dope, the world's champ. For years I've been talking for granted the most wonderful thing tht's ever happened to me--you (The Honeymooners; writing credit: Herbert Finn; Marvin Marx) Hey, Champ. (Rocky IV; writing credit: Sylvester Stallone) C'mon, champ, hit me in the face (Rocky III; writing credit: Sylvester Stallone) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Tomboy and the Champ (1961) Champ Butler Sings (1954) Tennessee Champ (1954) Featherweight Champ (1953) Champ for a Day (1953) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Champ Clark and William J. Bryan talking in front of "House of Representatives," as "Conservative Aunty Dem" woman calls to them from behind the fence as does "Radical Wing" donkey. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The new year champ. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Vue de la montagne elevée au champ de la reunion. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Aileen Riggin, Olympic diving champ, at aquatic carnival of the Huguenot Boat Club, New Rochelle, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Champ Clark, half-length portrait, standing, facing right, hands in pants pockets. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Clark, Champ, portrait photograph. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Posed full length, standing left to right: Joseph Gurney Cannon, Champ Clark, and Frederick Huntington Gillett on U.S. Capitol steps. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Union des familles Françaises et Alliées. Aide aux méres veuves et orphelins des soldats morts au champ d'honneur. Frères et soeurs de guerre. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | "Ce ciel est notre azur ce champ est notre terre! Cette Lorraine et cette Alsace, c'est á nous!" Victor Hugo. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | "Ce ciel est notre azur ce champ est notre terre! Cette Lorraine et cette Alsace, c'est á nous!" Victor Hugo. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes." |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Champ" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 79.81% of the time. "Champ" is used about 104 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 79.81% | 83 | 36,350 |
| Noun (proper) | 15.38% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 4.81% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 104 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "champ" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Champ | Last name | 1,000 | 12,459 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Champ, MO (village, FIPS 13078) |
Expressions using "champ": champ at the bit ♦ champ de Allars ♦ champ the bit. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "champ": Champ-ian. | |
Ending with "champ": Brit-for-champ, ex-champ. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
champ | 2,360 | champ final knicks last new york | 25 |
champ sports | 971 | nba champ | 24 |
champ elysees | 215 | hotel du champ de mars | 22 |
champ restaurant | 187 | hotel champ elysees | 21 |
champ goods sporting | 141 | champ footwear | 19 |
champ car | 96 | champ bailey | 19 |
champ shoes | 89 | champ chess mikhail | 17 |
champ shoes store | 88 | champ baily | 17 |
road champ | 82 | bar champ grill | 17 |
champ sports store | 68 | karate champ | 16 |
champ store | 59 | paris champ elysees and hotel | 14 |
bar champ sports | 51 | world series champ | 14 |
champ elysee | 46 | super bowl champ | 14 |
champ sports.com | 43 | champ usga.org | 14 |
diaper champ | 43 | champ dmx grand | 14 |
aeronca champ | 34 | bar champ | 13 |
champ sport | 33 | champ karting | 13 |
champ upskirt | 30 | fender champ | 13 |
americana champ | 29 | champ sport store | 13 |
camp champ | 28 | champ long | 13 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "champ"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | përtyp (chew, crunch, masticate, munch), kampion (champion, pattern, sample, whiz, whizz), kafshoj (bite, bite off, nip, snap at). (various references) | |
Arabic | قضم (bite, bite into, bite nails, bite off, biting, chew, crush, gnaw, munch, nibble, prey, snap, worry at), عض (bitch, bite, nibble, nip, pain, snap). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | скърцам със зъби (grit one's teeth, grit the teeth), хрупам, шампион (champion, title holder, world-beater), проявявам раздразнение, дъвча (chaw, chew, grind, masticate, mouth, munch). (various references) | |
Czech | chroupat (crunch). (various references) | |
Danish | synsfelt (champ visuel, field of view, visual field). (various references) | |
Farsi | میدان جنگ (Battlefield), مزرعه (Stead), مخففnoipmahc , نشخوارکردن (Quid, Ruminate), نشخوار (Cud, Quid), قهرمان (Champion, Hero, Knight, Victor), جویدن (Chaw, Chew, Masticate, Munch), بیابان (Wilderness), باصداجویدن . (various references) | |
French | ronger son frein, mâchonner (chew). (various references) | |
German | kauen (chaw, chew, chomp, masticate, mastication). (various references) | |
Greek | μασώ (chew, masticate, mastticate), πρωταθλητήσ (champion), ανυπομονώ (champ at the bit, grow impatient, look forward to), δαγκάνω (nip). (various references) | |
Hungarian | zajos rágcsálás, bajnok (champion, protagonist, to be all aces). (various references) | |
Italian | campione (adept, champion, defender, foreman, masters, pattern, piece, sample, specimen, virtuoso). (various references) | |
Manx | snaggeral (champing, chatter, chatter as teeth, chattering, gnash, grinding), snaggeraght (champing, gnashing), snaggeragh (gnash). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ampchay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | campeão (ace, crack), triturar (basil, bray, break, bruise, crunch, crush, disintegrate, lead on, mash, masticate, pound, powder, scrunch, spall, talcum, triturate), mostrar impaciência (exhibit impatience), morder (bite, nibble, nip, prick, savage, snap), mastigação (chew). (various references) | |
Romanian | clefãi (munch), campion (Ace, champion, defender), rumega (chew, chew the cud, eat, ruminate), muşca (bite, nip, sting), mesteca (chew, eat, manducate, masticate, mouth, ruminate, stir). (various references) | |
Russian | чавканье (chaw), грызть удила (champ at the bit), грызть (crunch, gnaw). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | mljackati (munch, slush, squish), mljackanje (squelch), šampion (champion, title holder). (various references) | |
Spanish | campe/on, mordisquear (nibble), mordimiento, morder (bite, bite into, cheat, clutch, corrode, nibble, strike). (various references) | |
Swedish | tugga (bite, chew, masticate, repeart, shew). (various references) | |
Turkish | hapur hupur çiğnemek, şampiyon (champion, grand master), çiğnemek (break, chew, chump, contravene, crunch, infringe, masticate, outrage, override, run down, run over, squelch, stamp, swamp, tramp, trample, trample down, transgress, violate), ısırmak (bite, bite off, nibble, nip, savage, snap, sting). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | скреготати (gnash), щось розжоване, чемпіон (champion), фон (background, fond, groundwork, tint), клацати (chatter, clabber, clang, click), гризти (gnaw, munch, nag, nib, nibble, scrunch), м'яти (brake, crumple, crush, rumple, wrinkle), жувати (chaw, chew, masticate, munch, ruminate), жуйка (chaw, chew, gum), апетит (appetite, stomach), бути нетерплячим, поле (cornfield, field, pitch), плямкати (chaw), плямкання, душити (asphyxiate, choke, smother, stifle, strangulate, suffocate, throttle). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự nhai (mastication), sự gặm (nibble). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | mandare, mandas, mandat, mandatis, mandebant, mandetis, mandi, mando, mansi. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "champ": champac, champacs, champagne, champagnes, champaign, champaigns, champak, champaks, champed, champer, champers, champerties, champertous, champerty, champignon, champignons, champing, champion, championed, championing, champions, championship, championships, champleve, champleves, champs, champy. (additional references) | |
Words containing "champ": cochampion, cochampions. (additional references) | |
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"Champ" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cahm, Chaam, Chakma, chalm, chame, chamf, chami, champa, chasp, cheam, Chempro, Chiam, chimpy, chmm, choam, Ckamp, dhamp, hamp, Ickham, kamp, Kham, khemp, Khempo, Nchama, Ochdamh, shamp, shemp. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "champ" (pronounced kha"mp) |
| 3 | -a" m p | amp, camp, clamp, cramp, damp, decamp, encamp, Gamp, lamp, ramp, revamp, samp, stamp, tamp, tramp, unclamp, vamp. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-h-m-p" | |
-1 letter: camp, caph, cham, chap, mach. | |
-2 letters: amp, cam, cap, ham, hap, mac, map, pac, pah, pam. | |
-3 letters: ah, am, ha, hm, ma, pa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-h-m-p" | |
+1 letter: champs, champy. | |
+2 letters: camphol, camphor, champac, champak, champed, champer, chapman, chapmen, impeach, matchup. | |
+3 letters: camphene, camphine, camphire, camphols, camphors, champacs, champaks, champers, champing, champion, empathic, emphatic, humpback, matchups, mispatch, pachadom, pharmacy, pitchman, scampish. | |
+4 letters: camphenes, camphines, camphires, champagne, champaign, champerty, champions, champleve, cymophane, graphemic, humpbacks, hypomanic, impeached, impeaches, lymphatic, marchpane, mycophagy, myopathic, pachadoms, pachyderm, parchment. | |
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