champ

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CHAMP, verb transitive 1. To bite with repeated action of the teeth; as, a horse champs the bit. 2. To bite into small pieces; to chew; to masticate; to devour. CHAMP, verb intransitive To chew; to perform the action of biting by repeated motion of the teeth; as, to champ upon the bit.
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