chump

[chuhmp]

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verb (used with or without object)

to bite or chew; munch.

Also chomp.

Origin of chump

First recorded in 1850–55; variant of champ¹

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Related Words for chumping

chomp, gnaw, gnash, bite, munch, grind, masticate, chump, manducate, champ

Examples from the Web for chumping

Historical Examples of chumping

You mighdt haf got your prains knocked oudt by chumping indo der car—und all pecause der prown feller vanted to blay shpook!
Motor Matt's Clue
Stanley R. Matthews
Iss it chumping up und schlogging an officer on der head mitout notice?
In Pawn
Ellis Parker Butler
Instantly all were chumping almonds, and the icy atmosphere thawed into summer.
The Jolliest School of All
Angela Brazil

British Dictionary definitions for chumping

chumping

noun

Yorkshire dialect collecting wood for bonfires on Guy Fawkes Day

Word Origin for chumping

from chump 1 (sense 2)

chump

noun

informal a stupid person
a thick heavy block of wood
1. the thick blunt end of anything, esp of a piece of meat
2. (as modifier)a chump chop
British slang the head (esp in the phrase off one's chump)

Word Origin for chump

C18: perhaps a blend of chunk and lump 1

chump

verb

a less common word for chomp

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Word Origin and History for chumping

chump

1703, "short, thick lump of wood," akin to Old Norse kumba "block of wood." Meaning "blockhead" is first attested 1883. Chump change attested by 1950.