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• Chomp at the bit

  verb phrase To be eager for action; be impatient: He’d been chomping at the bit real hard the last three weeks (1640s+)

• Chomped

  [chomp] /tʃɒmp/ verb (used with or without object), noun 1. 1 . /tʃɒmp/ verb 1. to chew (food) noisily; champ noun 2. the act or sound of chewing in this manner v. 1640s, dialectal and American English variant of champ (v.). Related: Chomped; chomping. verb To chew [1840s+; By 1640s in form champ]

• Chomskyan

  [chom-skee-uh n] /ˈtʃɒm ski ən/ adjective 1. of or relating to Noam Chomsky or his linguistic theories, especially to transformational-generative grammar.

• Chon

  [chuhn] /tʃʌn/ noun, plural chon. 1. Also, jun. a monetary unit of North Korea, the hundredth part of a won. 2. Also, jeon. a monetary unit of South Korea, the hundredth part of a won. /tʃəʊn/ noun (pl) chon 1. a North and South Korean monetary unit worth one hundredth of a won

• Chondral

  [kon-druh l] /ˈkɒn drəl/ adjective, Anatomy, Zoology. 1. of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage. /ˈkɒndrəl/ adjective 1. of or relating to cartilage chondral chon·dral (kŏn’drəl) adj. Of, relating to, or consisting of cartilage; cartilaginous.

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