amp

See also: AMP

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ămp, IPA(key): /æmp/
  • Rhymes: -æmp

Noun

amp (plural amps)

  1. (colloquial) ampere, the unit of electrical current.
  2. (colloquial) amplifier.[1]
  3. (colloquial) ampoule.
  4. (colloquial) amputee.
  5. (colloquial) ampicillin.

Verb

amp (third-person singular simple present amps, present participle amping, simple past and past participle amped)

  1. To amplify.
    He asked the disk jockey to amp it up.

References

  1. ↑ “amp” in The Concise Oxford Dictionary, seventh edition, Oxford University Press, 1982.

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