champ
verb (used with object)
to bite upon or grind, especially impatiently.
have champed
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present perfectof champ.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Time was I feared to know or feel The spur of aught but gilded weal; To bear aloft the victor, Fame, Would ev'n have champed a stately shame Of bit and bridle.
From Rose and Roof-Tree — Poems by George Parsons Lathrop
