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A large aquatic creature, similar to the Loch Ness monster, which supposedly lives in Lake Champlain, located on the shared borders of the American states of Vermont and New York and the Canadian province of Quebec.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, cryptozoology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
Clipping of champion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
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noun
Clipping of championship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, in-plural
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noun
Buddy, sport, mate. (as a term of address)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
A dish comprising mashed potato and chopped scallions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: poundies
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noun
Champagne.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, uncountable
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noun
The field or ground on which carving appears in relief.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare
Topics: architecture
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noun
The field of a shield.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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verb
To act or behave like a champ; to endure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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verb
To bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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verb
To set (a surface) with a champ (a contrasting field or background).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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verb
To camp overnight in a historic church as a novelty or part of a holiday.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
someone who has won first place in a competition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: champion, title-holder
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Broader terms: rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender
Narrower terms: record-breaker, record-holder
verb
chew noisily
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: chomp
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chew, masticate, manducate, jaw
verb
chafe at the bit, like horses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: chew, masticate, manducate, jaw
History
Clipping of Champlain (“Lake Champlain”).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh2em-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh2ém-po-s Proto-Italic *kampos Latin campusbor. Proto-West Germanic *kamp Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-West Germanic *-jan Proto-West Germanic *kampijan Proto-Germanic *-jô Proto-West Germanic *-jō Frankish *kampijōbor. Medieval Latin campiō Old French champiunbor. Middle English champioun English champion English champ Clipping of champion /championship.
From Middle English champen, chammen (“to bite; gnash the teeth”), perhaps originally imitative.
From champagne by shortening.
Borrowed from French champ m (“field”). Doublet of campus and camp.
Blend of church + camp or back-formation from champing.
Across languages
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