amp

See also: AMP and āmp-

Translingual

Symbol

amp

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Alamblak.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Alamblak terms

English

Pronunciation

• (without æ-raising) IPA^(key): /ˈæmp/, [ˈæmp]

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (æ-raising)
  • (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈeə̯mp/, [ˈeə̯mp]; /ˈɛə̯mp/, [ˈɛə̯mp]
  • (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈeːmp/, [ˈeːmp]
• Rhymes: -æmp
• Hyphenation: amp

Noun

amp (countable and uncountable, plural amps) (colloquial)

1. (countable) Clipping of ampere.
2. (countable) Clipping of amplifier.
3. (countable) Clipping of ampoule.
   • 1963, Washington (State). Legislature. Joint Committee on Governmental Cooperation, Report and Recommendations (page 45)

     The physician had included a note which said: "Dear Miss ........, I could not get the name of your friend over the phone so I am sending two prescriptions for Methedrine amps and one prescription for Drinalfa ten cc vials.

4. (countable) Clipping of amputee.
5. (uncountable) Clipping of amphetamine.
6. (uncountable) Clipping of ampicillin.
7. (countable) Clipping of ampersand.

Derived terms

• amp-hr
• ampless
• centiamp
• deciamp
• giga-amp
• gigamp
• hectoamp
• kilo-amp
• kiloamp
• locked rotor amp
• mega-amp
• mega amp
• micro-amp
• microamp
• milliamp
• milli-amp
• multiamp
• nanoamp
• nano-amp
• op-amp
• pico-amp
• picoamp
• preamp
• pre-amp
• tera amp
• tera-amp

Verb

amp (third-person singular simple present amps, present participle amping, simple past and past participle amped) (colloquial, usually with 'up')

1. To amplify.

   He asked the disk jockey to amp it up.

2. To excite.

   Well you're very amped up today, what's got you so excited?

   • 2012, Natalie Anderson, First Time Lucky?, page 78:

     In the distance, the music thumped, amping the crowd higher.

   • 2013, Hansi Lo Wang, “Morning Edition”, in National Public Radio:

     And it's raining, a little bit of drizzle, but the crowd is amped up and ready for a big event today.

3. To intensify or increase.
   • 2003, CMJ New Music Monthly, number 115, page 42:

     Amping the Justin Timberlake cameos and revving up Jiggytron 5000, these Peas want to be on Middle America's fickle plate — losing little dread-whippin' imaginativeness in the wizzash.

   • 2014, Andy Paul, Amp Up Your Sales, AMACOM Books
4. To connect to amplifiers.
   • 2015, Kris Needs, Suicide: Dream Baby Dream, A New York City Story:

     and even the Velvet Underground were still only amping up conventional instruments

Derived terms

• amp down
• amp up

Translations

to amplify

• German: steigern (de), aufdrehen (de)

to excite

• German: antreiben (de), aufputschen (de)

to intensify

• German: verstärken (de), hochtreiben (de)

Anagrams

• map, MAP, PMA, p.m.a., pam, MPA, pma, PAM, APM, Pam

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch ambt, from Middle Dutch ampt, from Middle High German ambet, ambt (whence modern German Amt), from Old High German ambahti, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amp/

Noun

amp (plural ampte)

1. An official position, a function, an office, a post.

Derived terms

• amptelik

Related terms

• ambag

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ampt
• amputa

Etymology

Clipping of amputa, which is a univerbation of ang (“the”) +‎ puta (“bitch”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔamp/ [ˈʔamp]
• Rhymes: -amp
• Syllabification: amp

Interjection

amp (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔) (chiefly Internet slang, usually derogatory, vulgar, offensive, minced oath)

1. piece of shit (either of a situation or a person)
2. motherfucker, asshole

   'Tong lecheng 'to talaga, nakakasira ng umaga amp!

   Seriously, this motherfucker, what a day-ruining piece of shit!

   bat d nyo pa ipush yng hay1p n mid n yan? kanina pa e nakakat6ngina amp

   (gaming) Why don't y'all push through the fucking mid (middle) already? Even since earlier — what a pain in the ass, these fuckers

Usage notes

• This word affects the meaning of the sentence as a whole, so the above examples don't exactly imply the actual nuance. It can range from being comedic (first example) to being seriously harsh and offensive (second example) depending on the delivery. Despite this, it stays vulgar in nature, mostly used in very colloquial contexts only.
• When spoken verbally, amp is usually said as its original form, amputa or ang puta, but it can be cut off by the speaker and just say am.
• When the word is written on the Internet, amp is usually used more than its original complete form, unless one really wants to exaggerate the tone of the sentence.

Anagrams

• pam-, Pam.