champとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (米国発音, 英国発音, General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA: /t͡ʃæmp/
• 韻: -æmp

名詞

champ (plural champs)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of champion.
2. (colloquial, in the plural) Clipping of championship.

   The team failed to make it to the Champs.

3. (informal) Buddy, sport, mate. (as a term of address)

   Whatcha doing, champ?

   • 2013 February 7, Adam Reed, Tesha Kondrat, “Midnight Ron” (4:53 from the start), in Archer‎, season 4, episode 4, spoken by Ron Cadillac (Ron Leibman):

     “Jesus, this is actually almost depressing.” [honking] “Need a ride, champ?” “Although not as depressing as-- Ron, what the hell are you doing here?” “I'm giving you a ride home. Come on. Hop in.” “What, did my mother send you?” “No, not exactly. I just thought it'd give us the chance to bond.” “Yeah. Don't take this the wrong way, Ron, but I'd rather bond with a CHUD.” [inaudible]. “But CHUDs live in New York, so let's go.” [tires squealing]

派生語

動詞

champ (third-person singular simple present champs, present participle champing, simple past and past participle champed)

1. (informal) To act or behave like a champ; to endure. [with it or up]
   • 2012 March 20, Heather Bramante, “Spring Break must-haves!”, in StudentCity Blog‎, archived from the original on 13 April 2016:

     Either champ it out and post up on the cement or face-down in the sand or get out the hammock and hang it from a palm tree.

   • 2011 July 8, “Training When Tired”, in DeanSomerset.com‎:

     So on Wednesday I decided to champ up and get in a few couple of workouts all in one day.

   • 2004 June 10, “OOOOH! New tyres are fun”, in Motorbike Forums‎:

     Just take it easy and make sure you don't champ it like a slider.

語源 2

From 中期英語 champen, chammen (“to bite; gnash the teeth”), perhaps originally imitative.

発音

• (米国発音, 英国発音, General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA: /t͡ʃæmp/
• 韻: -æmp

名詞

champ (usually uncountable, plural champs)

1. (Ireland) A dish comprising mashed potato and chopped scallions.

   Synonym: poundies

動詞

champ (third-person singular simple present champs, present participle champing, simple past and past participle champed)

1. (ambitransitive) To bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently.
   • 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):

     They began […] irefully to champ upon the bit.

   • 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     Foamed and champed the golden bit.

   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XII, in Capricornia‎, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 200:

     He was mad, reeling about and gesticulating at the rushing train, and champing and gurgling like a lunatic.

   • 1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation (1974 Panther Books Ltd publication), part V: “The Merchant Princes”, chapter 13, page 166, ¶ 18

     The man beside him placed a cigar between Mallow’s teeth and lit it. He champed on one of his own and said, “You must be overworked. Maybe you need a long rest.”

派生語

派生語

• champ at the bit
• chomp
• thick as champ

語源 3

From champagne by shortening.

発音

• IPA: /ʃæmp/

名詞

champ (uncountable)

1. (informal) Champagne.
   • 1990 April 6, Ann Heller, “Prom Nights Often Offer Students Primer On Fine Dining”, in Dayton Daily News:

     "They're dressed up very elegantly and it's nice they have a glass of champ, even if it's non-alcoholic," Reif says.

   • 2009, The Lonely Island (featuring T-Pain), "I'm on a Boat", Incredibad:

     We're drinkin' Santana champ, 'cause it's so crisp

   • 2010, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, Inheritance‎, Pan Books, published 2010, →ISBN:

     'Glass of champ?' she called, skipping into the kitchen.

語源 4

Borrowed from French champ m (“field”). Doublet of campus and camp.

別の表記

• champe (obsolete?)

名詞

champ (plural champs)

1. (architecture, obsolete or rare) The field or ground on which carving appears in relief.
2. (heraldry, obsolete or rare) The field of a shield.
   • 1914, John Horne Stevenson, Heraldry in Scotland, page 30:

     If a man, he adds, have taken for his arms 'a low of gules in a champ of silver,' […]
     A flame (pile wavy) gules in a silver field. Thus the arms of the family of Bataille de Mandelot are, Argent three flames, per piles wavy gules, issuant from the base. Woodward, Heraldry, i. 158. Otherwise one might almost suppose that the word 'low' of the MS. was a misprint or a misunderstanding of the scribe for 'cow'; for the instance in one MS. of the original French is that of a man who took 'une vache de geules et trois estoiles par dessus.'

動詞

champ (third-person singular simple present champs, present participle champing, simple past and past participle champed)

1. (heraldry) To set (a surface) with a champ (a contrasting field or background). [with with]
   • 1559 July 7, The Ancient Church of Scotland‎, published 1874, page 101:

     Three of red cloth of gold champed with (with a ground of) velvet. One of white cloth of gold champed with blue velvet. One of red champed with blue velvet.

語源 5

Blend of church +‎ camp or back-formation from champing.

動詞

champ (third-person singular simple present champs, present participle champing, simple past and past participle champed)

1. To camp overnight in a historic church as a novelty or part of a holiday.

関連する語

• glamp

参照

• “champ” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.