pamp

See also: PAMP

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æmp

Etymology 1

From Middle English pampen, from Middle Low German pampen (“to pamper oneself, live luxuriously”), from Old Saxon *pampōn, from Proto-Germanic *pampōną (“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *bamb- (“round object”). Cognate with West Frisian pampelje, Dutch pampelen, pamperen (“to cram, pamper”), German pampfen, bamben, Norwegian pampa (“to stuff oneself”).

Verb

pamp (third-person singular simple present pamps, present participle pamping, simple past and past participle pamped)

1. (transitive, archaic) To pamper.

Etymology 2

Noun

pamp (plural pamps)

1. (informal, ABDL) Clipping of pamper (“a diaper”).

Verb

pamp (third-person singular simple present pamps, present participle pamping, simple past and past participle pamped)

1. (transitive, informal, ABDL) To put someone in a pamper (a diaper).

Anagrams

• MAPP

Swedish

Noun

pamp c

1. (somewhat derogatory) a person (with autocratic tendencies) in a powerful position (especially within a trade union or politics), a big cheese

Declension

Declension of pamp

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	pamp	pamps
	definite	pampen	pampens
plural	indefinite	pampar	pampars
	definite	pamparna	pamparnas

Derived terms

• fackpamp

References

• pamp in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pamp in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pamp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)