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
Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 23 May 2025
That directly benefited Boise State, the Group of 5 conference champ in the field, as well as Arizona State, which won the Big 12.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 23 May 2025
Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 24 July 2023
Westminster Christian and star junior Chase McCarty and defending 4A boys champ Jacksonville.
—Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 28 Feb. 2023
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Noun
Suddenly, the defending champs were heading to Minneapolis with the possibility of getting swept out of the playoffs squarely in play.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 23 May 2025
That directly benefited Boise State, the Group of 5 conference champ in the field, as well as Arizona State, which won the Big 12.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 23 May 2025
Verb
Western & Southern Open:Wimbledon champs Alcaraz, Vondrousova headline preliminary field
Stearns grew up just a few minutes down the road from the Western & Southern Open in Mason.
—Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 24 July 2023
Westminster Christian and star junior Chase McCarty and defending 4A boys champ Jacksonville.
—Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 28 Feb. 2023
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With an average age of 25.6 years, Oklahoma City is the second-youngest team in 70 years to reach the finals: the champion 1976-77 Portland Trail Blazers, led by the late, great Bill Walton, were younger (25.03 years).—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
4 June 2025
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The eventual winner will have the lowest average age of any NBA champion since 1980.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
4 June 2025
Verb
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Larvae of the parasitic fly chew through flesh, transforming small nicks into big, gruesome wounds.—
Sarah Zhang,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2025
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Even my mousetraps had been chewed and a box of .22 ammunition crushed.—
Ted Updike,
Outdoor Life,
22 May 2025
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In a world where we’re constantly reminded that physical media is dead — that the future is just algorithms stomping our faces, forever — the fact that the Criterion Closet has gone viral suggests that all is not lost.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
29 May 2025
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No one could agree on whether the brawl of as many as nine young men was limited to fists or if its participants were also kicking and stomping.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 May 2025
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Toyota Industries, which founded Toyota Motor, produces a range of products including forklifts, engines, electronic components, and stamping dies.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
4 June 2025
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That night, a local official and postal workers stamped some of the thousands of commemorative covers crammed into the Electra’s nose.—
Laurie Gwen Shapiro,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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Teams hike across waterways, tramp under overpasses and scour parks for signs of tents.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 June 2025
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In the right of the picture, a platoon of soldiers, heavily armed and preceded by a pair of gun carriages, tramp through a defile.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Champ.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/champ. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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