Chams vs Champ - What's the difference?
chams | champ |
(Ireland, uncountable) a meal of mashed potatoes and scallions
(ambitransitive) to bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently.
* Hooker
* Dryden
* 1951 , publication), part V: “The Merchant Princes”, chapter 13, page 166, ¶ 18
(informal) champagne
* 1990 , Ann Heller, "Prom Nights Often Offer Students Primer On Fine Dining", Dayton Daily News , 6 April 1990:
* 2009 , :
* 2010 , Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, Inheritance , Pan Books (2010), ISBN 9780330513265,
As a noun chams
is .As a proper noun champ is
(cryptozoology) a large aquatic creature, similar to the loch ness monster, which supposedly lives in lake champlain, located on the shared borders of the american states of vermont and new york and the canadian province of quebec.champ
English
Etymology 1
See championDerived terms
* (l)Etymology 2
uncertain, probably imitativeNoun
Verb
(en verb)- They began irefully to champ upon the bit.
- Foamed and champed the golden bit.
- The man beside him placed a cigar between Mallow’s teeth and lit it. He champed on one of his own and said, “You must be overworked. Maybe you need a long rest.”
Derived terms
* champ at the bit * chompEtymology 3
From (champagne) by shortening.Noun
(-)- "They're dressed up very elegantly and it's nice they have a glass of champ , even if it's non-alcoholic," Reif says.
- We're drinkin' Santana champ , 'cause it's so crisp
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- 'Glass of champ ?' she called, skipping into the kitchen.
