Champ is the short form of
champion
A champion (from the late Latin ''campio'') is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition. There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, a ...
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People
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Champ (nickname) Champ is a nickname of:
{{tocright Athletes American football
* Champ Bailey (born 1978), American former National Football League player
* Champ Boettcher, American National Football League player in the 1926 season
* Champ Henson (born 1953), A ...
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Champ (surname)
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Champ Butler
Champ Clark Butler (December 21, 1926 – March 8, 1992) was an American popular music singer who had several ''Billboard'' singles chart hits in the 1950s, and recorded primarily for Columbia Records.Original data: Social Security Application ...
(1926–1992), American singer
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Champ Lyons (born 1940), justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from 1998 to 2011
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Champ Seibold (1911–1971), American National Football League player
Isaiah W, Jamaican-American Rockstar
Arts and entertainment
* Champ the Dog, The Postal Dude's pet from ''
Postal'' series
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''Champ'' (2011 film), a 2011 South Korean film
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''Champ'' (album), a 2010 album by the band Tokyo Police Club
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Champ (cartoon character), an animated dog introduced by Walter Lantz Studios in 1960
* Champ, the name of the costumed bulldog mascot for
Louisiana Tech University
Louisiana Tech University (Louisiana Tech, La. Tech, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Ruston, Louisiana. It is part of the University of Louisiana System and classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research acti ...
* Champion "Champ" Kind, a character from ''
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy'' and ''
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues''
* Champ, a South Korea cartoon cable channel owned by Champ Vision, Inc., originally a joint venture of
Daewon Media and CJ Media
Geography
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Champ, Missouri
Champ is a village in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 10 at the 2020 census.
History
Champ was founded in 1959 by Bill Bangert, a former track and field athlete who was once mayor of Berkeley, Missouri. Bangert wa ...
, United States, a village
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Champ, Audrain County, Missouri
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Champ Island, European Russian arctic island
Science
* Champ., botanical abbreviation for
John George Champion
John George Champion (1815–1854) was an English soldier, botanist, and explorer.
Life
He was gazetted ensign in the 95th regiment in 1831, and embarked for foreign service in 1838, having then attained the rank of captain.
After a stay in t ...
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CHAMP (satellite), CHAllenging Minisatellite Payload, a German satellite launched July 15, 2000
* CHAMP,
Counter-electronics High Power Microwave Advanced Missile Project, a directed energy weapon demonstrator by AFRL
Transportation
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Austin Champ
The Austin Champ was a military and civilian jeep-like vehicle made by the Austin Motor Company in the 1950s. The army version was officially known as "Truck, 1/4 ton, CT, 4×4, Cargo & FFW, Austin Mk.1" however the civilian name "Champ" was un ...
, a 1950s military and civilian jeep-like vehicle
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Plymouth Champ
Plymouth () is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west.
Plymout ...
, a rebadged variant of the Dodge Colt subcompact car
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Studebaker Champ
The Studebaker Champ was a light-duty pickup truck produced by the Studebaker Corporation from 1960-1964.
Designed at a time when Studebaker's truck line had not seen major upgrading in over 10 years, the company, which had endured years of dec ...
, a light-duty pickup truck produced from 1960 to 1964
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Aeronca Champion
The Aeronca Model 7 Champion, commonly known as the "Champ", or "Airknocker",Bellanca Aircraft Corp, " d: "The Champ only $4,995"" ''Flying Annual & Pilots' Guide,'' 1971 ed., pp.36–37 iff-Davis NY is a single-engine light airplane with a ...
, a light aircraft commonly called Champ
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Fender Champ
The Fender Champ was a guitar amplifier made by Fender. It was introduced in 1948 and discontinued in 1982. An updated version was introduced in 2006 as part of the "Vintage Modified" line.
The Champ had the lowest power output and the simplest ...
, a guitar amplifier
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Samsung Champ
The Samsung Champ was a feature phone that was announced by Samsung in May 2010 GT-C3303K & August 2011 GT-C3303i. It features a quad band GSM support along with a 40 MB internal flash memory (expandable up to 8 GB via microSD), a 2.4-inch, 240x ...
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Champ (dog)
Champ (November 11, 2008 – June 19, 2021) was a German Shepherd owned by Joe Biden's family. He joined them in living at the White House in 2021. Champ was the older of the two German Shepherds the Bidens owned at the start of his presidency ( ...
, the Biden family's pet German Shepherd
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Champ (folklore)
In American folklore, Champ or Champy is the name of a lake monster said to live in Lake Champlain, a -long body of fresh water shared by New York and Vermont, with a portion extending into Quebec, Canada. The legend of the monster is considered ...
or Champy, a lake monster supposedly living in Lake Champlain
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Champ (food)
Champ (''brúitín'' in Irish) is an Irish dish of mashed potatoes with scallions, butter, and milk.
Description
Champ is made by combining mashed potatoes and chopped scallions with butter, milk and optionally, salt and pepper. It was someti ...
, an Irish dish of mashed potatoes and scallions (spring onions)
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CHAMP (mathematics outreach program)
CHAMP (the Cougars and Houston Area Mathematics Program) is a mathematics and STEM outreach program that ran from Fall 2013–Spring 2019. CHAMP was created and directed by Mark Tomforde, and it used volunteer effort from undergraduate and gradu ...
, the Cougars and Houston Area Mathematics Program - a mathematics and STEM outreach program
* Champ premium hamburger, a type of burger at
Jollibee
Jollibee is a Filipino chain of fast food restaurants owned by Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC). As of December 2021, JFC had a total of about 1,500 Jollibee outlets worldwide, with restaurants in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, East Asia ...
restaurants
* An alternate name for the game
Four square
Four square is a team sport played among two teams with two players each on a square court divided into four quadrants: A, B, C, and D (usually numbers 3, 4, 2, and 1, respectively, depending on the court.) The square that a player gets to bef ...
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Champs (disambiguation)
Champs may refer to:
Music
* The Champs, a U.S. instrumental music group
* Champs (Brazilian band), a Brazilian boy band
* Champs (British band), a British folk- and indie rock-influenced band
* The Fucking Champs, a U.S. progressive heavy meta ...
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The Champ (disambiguation)
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Chaamp
''Chaamp'' is a 2017 Indian Bengali-language sports drama film directed by Raj Chakraborty with story written by Dev. Produced by Dev, the film stars him in the lead role, along with Rukmini Maitra, in her debut film and Chiranjeet Chakraborty, ...
'', a 2017 Bengali film
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