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- v. intransitive To show impatience or frustration when delayed.
Etymologies
- Variant of champ at the bit, recasting it as chomp "to chew noisily" + bit "part of a horse's harness held in its mouth"; horses tend to chew on their bits when impatient at waiting. (Wiktionary)
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