Meaning

5 senses

  1. (informal)Buddy, sport, mate. (as a term of address)

    Whatcha doing, champ?

  2. (Ireland, uncountable, usually)A dish comprising mashed potato and chopped scallions.

  3. (informal, uncountable)Champagne.

  4. (obsolete, rare)The field or ground on which carving appears in relief.

  5. (obsolete, rare)The field of a shield.

More definitions
  • someone who has won first place in a competition

Examples

22 sentences

  1. Tom is going to be the champ.

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  2. Tom is the champ right now.

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  3. Tom is the champ.

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  4. Tom is still the champ.

    deTom ist noch immer die Nummer 1.

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  5. Tom isn't still the champ.

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Origin

From Middle English champen, chammen (“to bite; gnash the teeth”), perhaps originally im

From Middle English champen, chammen (“to bite; gnash the teeth”), perhaps originally imitative.

From champagne by shortening.

Borrowed from French champ m (“field”). Doublet of campus and camp.

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Forms

plural: champs
Singularchamp
Pluralchamps

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
poundies
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Derivedoctochamppogchamp

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
chameleonchamoischampagneA2championB1
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