Champ
Champ (champ) , transitive verb
[Prob, of Scand. orgin; compare dial. Swedish kamsa to chew with difficulty, champ; but compare also Old French champier, champeyer, champoyer, to graze in fields, from French champ field, from Latin campus. Compare Camp.]
1.
To bite with repeated action of the teeth so as to be heard.
Foamed and champed the golden bit.
2.
To bite into small pieces; to crunch. — Steele
Champ , intransitive verb
To bite or chew impatiently.
They began... irefully to champ upon the bit.
Champ , noun
[French champ, Latin campus field.]
(Architecture) The field or ground on which carving appears in relief.
Also: Champe