as in champion
the person who comes in first in a competition
the wrestling champ
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as in to chew
to crush or grind with the teeth
kept champing a cigar as he barked out orders
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Recent Examples of champ
Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025
With its offense finally clicking after a stagnant stretch, the defending champs get a bye week before a huge November.
—Scott Phillips, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2025
The two-day fundraiser will include the second annual pickleball challenge co-hosted by four-time Grand Slam winner Osaka and seven-time ATP champ Kyrgios.
—Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The former racing champ and IndyCar team owner is selling his suburban Indianapolis estate on the shore of Geist Reservoir for $12 million.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025
With its offense finally clicking after a stagnant stretch, the defending champs get a bye week before a huge November.
—Scott Phillips, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
Reigning girls state champ Seminole (8-1) is one of the entries, as is 2024 boys champ Miami Gulliver.
Games will be played Thursday and Friday after school and all day Saturday.
—Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2025
The two-day fundraiser will include the second annual pickleball challenge co-hosted by four-time Grand Slam winner Osaka and seven-time ATP champ Kyrgios.
—Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for champ
Noun
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India was the last of the four teams to qualify for the semifinals, but then beat defending champion and seven-time winner Australia by five wickets to reach the final.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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Obiri, who won NYCM in 2023 and finished second in 2024, outlasted countrywoman Sharon Lokedi, the 2022 NYCM champion.—
Bette Canter,
Sportico.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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To add to the hilarity, one of the dachshunds appeared to have chewed through a couch cushion and somehow gotten stuck inside it, with its head and legs filmed protruding through the torn fabric.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Villalvir recommended starting with a small to medium squash, since the skin tends to be thinner and easier to chew.—
Kathleen Ferraro,
Verywell Health,
29 Oct. 2025
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As the latter stomped down the catwalk, Anok gave Gabbriette a makeshift haircut.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2025
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And the Broncos proceeded to stomp Dallas into the turf at Empower Field for four quarters Sunday in a 44-24 drubbing, their best end-to-end performance of the year.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
27 Oct. 2025
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All are different, each is stamped with the same sensibility and craftsmanship.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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Have your punch card stamped at each stop and indulge.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Oct. 2025
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The students tramp upstairs to a room of artifacts owned by a Black family in the 1860s.—
Cory Turner,
NPR,
10 Oct. 2025
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Thousands upon thousands of people tramped through Paris in 2015, grieving the 11 journalists and one police officer killed in the attack on Charlie Hebdo and promising to safeguard its mission.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Champ.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/champ. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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