The practice of camping overnight in historic churches as a novelty or part of a holiday.

The sound or action of one who champs (bites or chews).

Present participle of champ.

plural of champing

(cryptozoology) A large aquatic creature, similar to the Loch Ness monster, which supposedly lives in Lake Champlain, located on the shared borders of the American states of Vermont and New York and the Canadian province of Quebec.

(colloquial) Clipping of champion. / (colloquial, in the plural) Clipping of championship. / (informal) buddy, sport, mate (as a term of address)

(architecture, obsolete or rare) the field or ground on which carving appears in relief / (heraldry, obsolete or rare) the field of a shield

(transitive, intransitive) to bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently.

(Ireland) a meal of mashed potatoes and scallions

(informal) champagne