“She screamed again, and then, as those champing, grinning jaws bent toward her lips, she lost consciousness.”
-The People of the Black Circle
It is very unusual to see this word used in a sinister, predatory context, as convention relegates it to the champing of a domesticated animal on its bit and as a metaphor for human impatience derived from this equine action.
1. champ
[CHamp]
VERB
1. another term for chomp.
ORIGIN
late Middle English: imitative.
RELATED FORMS
champing (present participle)
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