champing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of champ

noun

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

   “When I passed them each a plate of the fried meat, they ate greedily, making loud mouth-noises — champings of worn teeth and sucking intakes of the breath, accompanied by a continuous spluttering and mumbling.”

2. (neologism, uncountable)The practice of camping overnight in historic churches as a novelty or part of a holiday.