amp

noun

1. 1

   Variant of ampereClipping of ampere.

2. 2

   Variant of amplifierClipping of amplifier.

3. 3

   Variant of ampouleClipping 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.

4. 4

   Variant of amputeeClipping of amputee.

5. 5

   Variant of amphetamineClipping of amphetamine.

6. 6

   Variant of ampicillinClipping of ampicillin.

7. 7

   Variant of ampersandClipping of ampersand.

verb

1. 1

   To amplify.

   He asked the disk jockey to amp it up.

2. 2

   To excite.

   Well you're very amped up today, what's got you so excited?

   In the distance, the music thumped, amping the crowd higher.

   And it's raining, a little bit of drizzle, but the crowd is amped up and ready for a big event today.

3. 3

   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.

   2014, Andy Paul, Amp Up Your Sales, AMACOM Books

4. 4

   To connect to amplifiers.

   and even the Velvet Underground were still only amping up conventional instruments

Forms

plural

amps

past tense

amped

past participle

amped

present participle

amping

third person singular

amps