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Grammar : Verb
Spell : lamp
Phonetic Transcription : læmp



Definition of lamped

Origin :
  • c.1200, from Old French lampe "lamp, lights" (12c.), from Latin lampas "a light, torch, flambeau," from Greek lampas "torch, lamp, beacon, meteor, light," from lampein "to shine," from nasalized form of PIE root *lap- "to shine" (cf. Lithuanian lope "light," Old Irish lassar "flame"). Replaced Old English leohtfæt "light vessel." To smell of the lamp "be a product of laborious night study" is from 1570s.
  • As in observe : verb see, notice
  • As in goggle : verb gaze
  • As in gaze : verb stare at
Example sentences :
  • Worse—l-lol-locked up—in jail—no bail—wants to be lamped out.
  • Extract from : « The Bicyclers and Three Other Farces » by John Kendrick Bangs
  • There ain't a woman on the Gold Coast that ever lamped Bulldog that wouldn't stake him if she had to put her sparklers in hock.
  • Extract from : « Bulldog Carney » by W. A. Fraser

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