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gamp¹

  • /ɡæmp/ US
  • /ɡamp/ UK

Rhymes with -æmp

Where it comes from

After Mrs Sarah Gamp, a character who carried a large umbrella in Charles Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit.

noun gamps

  1. UK, colloquial, dated An umbrella. One gentleman sat with his gamp up on some rails near the railway.

gamp²

  • /ɡæmp/ US
  • /ɡamp/ UK

Rhymes with -æmp

Where it comes from

From GAMP (“gynandromorphophilia”).

noun gamps

  1. A gynandromorphophile, a tranny chaser.

GAMP³

noun

  1. abbreviation, uncountable Abbreviation of gynandromorphophilia

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"gamp." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gamp. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

gamp. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gamp

Chicago

"gamp." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gamp.

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@misc{gamp_2026,
  title = {gamp},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gamp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}