Some examples and use cases from the internet:

Some examples and use cases from the internet:

• Jul 2, 2014 ... 7. Reply. Flagged. Aurelius Robles copperspock. 7/02/14 8:32pm. What can I say ? I really am chimping at the bit to see it... 7. Reply. Flagged.
• May 22, 2008 ... Chimping at the bit: A schoolteacher is applying to the European Court of yuman rites to become the legal guardian of a chimpanzee called ...
• Feb 25, 2015 ... But figure the Lakers to be able to improve some thru FA, wth a returning Kobe and Randle chimping at the bit (albeith, they are coached by ...
• Feb 11, 2014 ... He'll almost surely fry, but there was a very decent chance that the youfs would be violent, and they probably were chimping at the bit. I'd guess ...

• 2 : to show impatience of delay or restraint —usually used in the phrase champing at the bit champing at the bit to begin>. See champ defined for ...
• Dec 25, 2014 ... Mark E. from Portland, Oregon said he regularly comes across the phrase chomping at the bit, but he believes it should be champing at the bit.
• English[edit]. Etymology[edit]. From champ (verb) (“to chew noisily”) + bit (“part of horse's harness held in its mouth”); horses tend to chew on their bits when ...
• These are the senses meant in the idiom champing at the bit, which refers to the tendency of some horses to chew on the bit when impatient or eager.