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amp^¹

/ˈæmp/
[ˈæmp]
/ˈeə̯mp/ Canada, US
[ˈeə̯mp] Canada, US
/ˈɛə̯mp/ Canada, US
[ˈɛə̯mp] Canada, US
/ˈeːmp/ Australia
[ˈeːmp] Australia

Rhymes with -æmp

noun amps

abbreviation, clipping, colloquial, countable Clipping of ampere
abbreviation, clipping, colloquial, countable Clipping of amplifier
abbreviation, clipping, colloquial, countable Clipping of ampoule 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.
abbreviation, clipping, colloquial, countable Clipping of amputee
abbreviation, clipping, colloquial, uncountable Clipping of amphetamine
abbreviation, clipping, colloquial, uncountable Clipping of ampicillin
abbreviation, clipping, colloquial, countable Clipping of ampersand

verb amps · amping · amped

colloquial, usually To amplify. He asked the disk jockey to amp it up.
colloquial, usually To excite. Well you're very amped up today, what's got you so excited?
colloquial, usually To intensify or increase. 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.
colloquial, usually To connect to amplifiers. and even the Velvet Underground were still only amping up conventional instruments

AMP^²

noun AMPs

abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of adenosine monophosphate
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of antimicrobial peptide
Internet, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of accelerated mobile page 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.
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Asian massage parlor

proper noun

abbreviation Abbreviation of Amplified Bible

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ampere, a, adenosine monophosphate, adenylic acid, amplifier, amplification, section, separatory, bulb, well, article, pane, camp, spa, ampoule, agp

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verb to amplify

Deutsch	steigern, aufdrehen

verb to excite

Deutsch	antreiben, aufputschen

verb to intensify

Deutsch	verstärken, hochtreiben

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@misc{amp_2026,
  title = {amp},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/amp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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