What does "amp" mean?
Clipping of ampere.
Amp
/æmp/ name, noun, verb, slang
name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Clipping of ampere.
- Grammar: amp is listed as name, noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: ampere, a, adenosine monophosphate, adenylic acid.
- Useful contrasts: attenuate, attenuator, calm.
- Usage evidence: This is the best amp being sold now.
How to use "amp"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Clipping of ampere. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, countable
- 2 Initialism of adenosine monophosphate. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 3 the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites wordnet
- 4 Clipping of amplifier. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, countable
- 5 Initialism of antimicrobial peptide. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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- 6 a nucleotide found in muscle cells and important in metabolism; reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP wordnet
- 7 Clipping of ampoule. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, countable
"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."
- 8 Initialism of accelerated mobile page. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"That strict nature of the AMP HTML means that attention to detail is necessary. The pages must be properly validated in order to function every time — and in order to amp up your place in Google's rankings, your AMP site must function every time."
- 9 Clipping of amputee. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, countable
- 10 Initialism of Asian massage parlor. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 11 Clipping of amphetamine. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, uncountable
- 12 Clipping of ampicillin. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, uncountable
- 13 Clipping of ampersand. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, countable
Verb
- 1 To amplify. colloquial, usually, with-up
"He asked the disk jockey to amp it up."
- 2 To excite. colloquial, usually, with-up
"Well you're very amped up today, what's got you so excited?"
- 3 To intensify or increase. colloquial, usually, with-up
"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."
- 4 To connect to amplifiers. colloquial, usually, with-up
"and even the Velvet Underground were still only amping up conventional instruments"
Proper Noun
- 1 Abbreviation of Amplified Bible. abbreviation, alt-of
Synonyms
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Example
"This is the best amp being sold now."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "amp"?
Common synonyms include: ampere, a, adenosine monophosphate, adenylic acid, amplifier, amplify.
How do you use "amp" in a sentence?
This is the best amp being sold now.
How do you pronounce "amp"?
Pronounced /æmp/.
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