champs 1 of 2

noun

plural of champ
as in champions
the person who comes in first in a competition the wrestling champ

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champs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of champ
1
as in chews
to crush or grind with the teeth kept champing a cigar as he barked out orders

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2
as in stomps
to tread on heavily so as to crush or injure watch the horses so they don't champ the flower beds

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Recent Examples of champs
Noun
Both were district champs last season, with Edgewater earning the 5A-5 title in a 12-1 season. — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026 Every team is going to circle the Knicks on the schedule, so that price of being champs in New York. — Scott Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026 The visiting Rapid City Rush saw to that with a 6-3 victory over the host Mavericks, the ECHL’s defending Brabham Cup, Mountain Division and Western Conference champs. — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026 Ohtani seemed to shake off months of doldrums, hitting a three-run home run in the second inning that put the defending champs up with a big lead. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026 The Cubs won four games to one to reign as world champs for the second consecutive year. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026 Produced by Hollywood stunt champs 87North, the hard-hitting wizards that have been redefining fight choreography since John Wick, Violent Night 2, like its predecessor, promises heaps of gory and satisfyingly kinetic fight scenes. — Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2026 The loss offset the benefits gained by stealing Game 2 at Dodger Stadium, and now the Braves must defeat the two-time reigning champs in consecutive games to continue their season. — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Oregon’s Lanning compares UCLA to national champs Oregon coach Dan Lanning dodged questions this past week about the health of quarterback Dante Moore following a brutal hit during a win over USC by trying to focus on UCLA. — Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for champs
  1. champions
  2. chews
  3. stomps
  4. masticates
  5. stamps
Noun
  • The host Seahawks, defending Super Bowl champions, held the Chiefs without a touchdown in a 20-3 drubbing at raucous Lumen Field.
    — Jeff Rosen, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026
  • European champions Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava won the pairs event despite a heavy fall for Metelkina on a throw triple loop.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of champions
Verb
  • The victim's website could keep working normally while the AI account behind part of it quietly chews through its available balance.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Bella chews him out for punching Angus in the face right before Angus’s big presentation, which Johnny knew about because they were supposed to throw a return supper for him, a dinner Johnny was supposed to cook.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of chews
Verb
  • His creator, an unnamed basket-weaver (Peter Dinklage), braided him as a mate for a lonely virgin, a fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) who stomps around her rustic village smelling like sushi and tossing her head back in an Eliza Doolittle guffaw.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • At one point Evans stomps in to a Fielder secondary interview to try to stop it.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of stomps
Verb
  • The opening sequence, where McGuigan shamelessly apes Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes, is reasonably entertaining, and McAvoy masticates the scenery with a winking fervor that befits the project, but the whole thing is unforgivably half-baked.
    — Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2021
Definition of masticates
Verb
  • The guard stamps my name before shoving a copy of the week’s pamphlet in my hand.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
  • For generations, athletes have been treated as if motherhood stamps their athletic identities with an expiration date.
    — Lynda Lin Grigsby, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
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“Champs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/champs. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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