pamp

See also: PAMP

English

Etymology

From Middle English pampen, from Middle Low German pampen (“to pamper oneself, live luxuriously”), from Old Saxon *pampōn, from Proto-Germanic *pampōną (“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *bamb- (“round object”). Cognate with West Frisian pampelje, Dutch pampelen, pamperen (“to cram, pamper”), German pampfen, bamben, Norwegian pampa (“to stuff oneself”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æmp

Verb

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

1. (transitive, archaic) To pamper.
2. (transitive, informal, chiefly ABDL) To put someone in pampers (a diaper).

Anagrams

• MAPP

Swedish

Noun

pamp c

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

Declension

Declension of pamp
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	pamp	pampen	pampar	pamparna
Genitive	pamps	pampens	pampars	pamparnas

Derived terms

• fackpamp

References

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