pamp

See also: PAMP

English

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æmp

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, archaic) To pamper.
  2. (transitive, informal, chiefly ABDL) To put someone in pampers (a diaper).

Anagrams

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 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative pamp pampen pampar pamparna
Genitive pamps pampens pampars pamparnas

Derived terms

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.