champ
verb (used with object)
to bite upon or grind, especially impatiently.
are champing
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present progressiveof champ.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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They are champing at the bit to memorialize him, but Fife’s motives in agreeing are not purely about the film.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2024
After shelling out more than $81 billion in FCC service licenses in February, U.S. cellular providers are champing at the bit to light up the new frequency on Jan. 5.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 1, 2022
“Folks really are champing at the bit to get on there,” acknowledges Marqise Allen, customer-communications manager/ferry guru at WSDOT.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2019
A number of my students, disillusioned by institutions they see as economically and artistically wedded to their own obsolescence, are champing at the bit for revolutionary change.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2015
A woman's tears—are they heart-meat for a soldier when the bits are champing?
From Told in the East by Talbot Mundy
