pamp

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæmp/

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• Hyphenation: pamp
• Rhymes: -æmp

From Middle English pampen, from Middle Low German pampen (“to pamper oneself, live luxuriously”), from Old Saxon *pampōn, from Proto-West Germanic *pampōn, from Proto-Germanic *pampōną (“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *bamb- (“round object”). Cognate with West Frisian pampe (“to stuff, cram”), Dutch pampen (“to cram”), German Low German pampen (“to crush, pound, stuff oneself”), German bampfen, pampen, pampfen (“to cram, gobble, eat greedily”), Norwegian Nynorsk pampa (“to stuff oneself, cram”), Swedish pampen (“stuffed, swollen up”). Compare also Saterland Frisian pämpelje (“to nurture, care for, feed”), West Frisian pampelje (“to pamper”), Dutch pampelen, pamperen (“to cram, pamper”).

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

1. (transitive, archaic) To pamper.

pamp (plural pamps)

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

   Synonyms: pampie, pamps; see also Thesaurus:diaper

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

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

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pamp c

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

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