champ

«champ» in Mova's school dictionary: Short for champion, a winner — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a champ, champs — informal); verb (champ, champs, champed, champing)

meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) Short for champion, a winner. tree →

2) (informal) A friendly word for someone who did well ("Good job, champ!"). tree →

3) (verb) To bite or chew noisily, as horses do. tree →

4) Champing (or chomping) at the bit: very impatient and eager to start. tree →

5) Champ de Mars is a large open park in Paris, France, where the Eiffel Tower stands. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in everyday talk and sport, often by parents and coaches to praise a child. Also used in stories about horses. Phrases: world champ, you're a champ, champing at the bit.

examples

• She's the new spelling champ! tree →
• Well done, champ, you scored a goal! tree →
• Dad called me a champ for helping. tree →
• The horse champed at its hay. tree →
• We were champing at the bit to go outside. tree →
• The boxing champ held up his belt. tree →
• You're a real champ for carrying all the bags. tree →
• In the Champ de Mars, however, these were to be seen more splendid, more wonderful than in the East, for human art had converted the airy deceptive scenes into reality. tree →

note

Informal shortening of champion. Used kindly as a nickname. "Champing at the bit" is also said "chomping at the bit". Not the same as chimp (a chimpanzee).

In the corpora

• When the noun goes plural, everything travelling with it goes plural too: les yeux bleus, les chevaux sont dans le champ.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «champ» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.