to champ

Examples

• All

• The FS is also champing at the bit.

  Academic text (1997)

• Galloway is champing at the bit.

  Fiction book (1994)

• There are also two bodies in Congress that seem to be always champing at the bit to spend more.

  Blog text (26)

• Champing at the bit, huh?

  Sideways (2004)

• And are champing at the bit to love, honor, protect and support her in a style to which she is totally unaccustomed.

  The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)

• All this time, she has been champing at the bit to color-coordinate this funeral.

  Fiction book (1990)

• You must be one of those fast food/junk food vendors champing at the bit to get into the schools.

  Blog text (14)

• Such beautifully constructed melodies and sounds make this something I'm champing at the bit for.

  Blog text (28)

• He's NBA ready in a handful of areas, so why aren't teams champing at the bit for the guy?

  Blog text (2)

• The team was champing at the bit to start the championship game after weeks of practice.

Synonyms

C

to chomp

vsto champ

31 4.0

To bite or chew food loudly with big jaw movements

also expresses impatience or eagerness beyond literal chewing

C

to champing at the bit

vsto champ

• Informal

3 7.9

Very eager and unable to wait to start something

also describes noisy forceful biting literally as well as eagerness

M

to manducate

vsto champ

• Formal

9.9

To chew food with the teeth

uses vivid noisy biting and also conveys impatience or eagerness

Idioms

L

like a champ

• Informal

6 8.0

In a way that shows great skill, confidence, and keeps trying when things are hard

How Forceful

to gnaw

30 3.2

to champ

9 7.9

to munch

43 2.6

to chew

457 1.0

to nibble

56 2.0

Surface Forms

Etymology