verb
cham
cham
verb
1
(dialectal) To chew.
"The old farmer champed and chammed on his tobacco."
noun
1
A member of an ethnic group native to Cambodia and Vietnam, or their Austronesian language.
"The museum displayed Cham stone carvings from the ancient kingdom of Champa."
How to Use Cham
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither "to chew," or the name of a Southeast Asian ethnic group and language.
Word Forms
chammed past tense, Chams plural, chams singular
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Etymology
The chewing sense is a variant of "chap"; the ethnic-group sense comes from the name of the Cham people and the former kingdom of Champa.