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- verb Present participle of
champ .
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Examples
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Thawt the werd woz achwaly "champing" but aparently "chomping" iz now axcepted
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KING: Congressman Lazio, based on remarks tonight and other times we've interviewed you, are you kind of champing at the bit?
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If a record could be kept of those who have abjured Jesus through love of gold, through fear of the world or of the scribes and Pharisees, we should find many who are considered quite respectable, or have even been canonised, and who, nevertheless, much more worthily than Iscariot, are entitled to "champing" by the jaws of Sathanas.
Pages from a Journal with Other Papers Mark Rutherford 1872
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Mr. Know-It-All role, I informed him that "champing" is correct.
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Mr. Know-It-All role, I informed him that "champing" is correct.
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Mr. Know-It-All role, I informed him that "champing" is correct.
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Mr. Know-It-All role, I informed him that "champing" is correct.
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"Well," he conceded magnanimously, "perhaps the champing was the more in evidence.
The Fortunes of the Farrells George de Horne Vaizey 1887
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After a year of construction and a weeklong postponement of the original opening date -- leaving die-hard fans champing at the bit -- Vivienne Westwood, the storied British fashion label, has finally opened its first U.S. store, on Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood.
Vivienne Westwood Opens First US Shop In West Hollywood Los Angeles Times 2011
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After a year of construction and a weeklong postponement of the original opening date -- leaving die-hard fans champing at the bit -- Vivienne Westwood, the storied British fashion label, has finally opened its first U.S. store, on Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood.
Vivienne Westwood Opens First US Shop In West Hollywood Los Angeles Times 2011
bilby commented on the word champing
"The Churches Conservation Trust in the United Kingdom has introduced a new slow-tourism escape it calls champing—a play on words for camping in churches. The initiative draws funds to historic countryside churches that open their doors to adventurous travelers. Like many Airbnb guests worldwide, champers are searching for an authentic local experience."
-: http://www.jwtintelligence.com/2015/07/church-camping/#ixzz3ga8J7dOM
July 22, 2015
qms commented on the word champing
I suppose people making such visits to Church of England sites are champing at the Brit.
July 22, 2015
bilby commented on the word champing
You must have quite well-toned thighs from all the slapping.
July 22, 2015
bilby commented on the word champing
Like this from Twitter feed:
Take the chuld in champing jaws
A pulping pile of frothing flaws
This horrid mass shall give us pause
At putrid rot fills gaping maws
July 22, 2015
qms commented on the word champing
Honors vary in Wordnikian eyes
But surely I've won the top prize?
I blush head to toe!
It's so good to know
That bilby thinks well of my thighs.
July 22, 2015