What does "pamper" mean?
Alternative form of pampers.
Pamper
/ˈpæm.pɚ/ noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Alternative form of pampers.
- Grammar: pamper is listed as noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: cosset, spoil, cocker, coddle.
- Useful contrasts: regimented, discipline related term, regiment.
- Usage evidence: Mothers often pamper their children.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of pampers. alt-of, alternative
"“[…]And let me get you some more panties. I got all sizes. You look like about a size four,” she comments going to another cabinet. “Now, when you put these on after you wash up and the medicine kicks in, the maxi-pad goes on the inside of your panties on the bottom to catch all that blood coming out of your tail.” She must be crazy. I gotta wear a pamper."
Verb
- 1 To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence. transitive
"And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good."
- 2 treat with excessive indulgence wordnet
- 3 To feed luxuriously. dated
- 4 To put someone in pampers (a diaper). informal
Antonyms
Example
"Mothers often pamper their children."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "pamper"?
Common synonyms include: cosset, spoil, cocker, coddle, indulge, mollycoddle.
How do you use "pamper" in a sentence?
Mothers often pamper their children.
How do you pronounce "pamper"?
Pronounced /ˈpæm.pɚ/.
Etymology
From Middle English pamperen (“to cram with food”), from Middle Dutch *pamperen (“to cram with food”), frequentative of *pampen (“to stuff”), from Proto-Germanic *pamp- (“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *bamb- (“round object”), equivalent to pamp + -er. Cognate with West Flemish pamperen (“to cram with food, overindulge”), Middle Low German pampen (“to stuff oneself”), dialectal German pampfen (“to cram”), dialectal Danish pampe (“to boast, brag”).