Definition of "amp"

amp

/æmp/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural amps
1. (colloquial, countable) Short for ampere.
2. (colloquial, countable) Short for amplifier.
3. (colloquial, countable) Short for ampoule.
  Quotations
  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.
  1963, Washington (State). Legislature. Joint Committee on Governmental Cooperation, Report and Recommendations (page 45)
4. (colloquial, countable) Short for amputee.
5. (colloquial, uncountable) Short for ampicillin.
6. (colloquial, countable) Short for ampersand.
verb
third-person singular simple present amps, present participle amping, simple past and past participle amped
1. (colloquial, usually with up) To amplify.
2. (colloquial, usually with up) To excite.
  Quotations
  In the distance, the music thumped, amping the crowd higher.
  2012, Natalie Anderson, First Time Lucky?, page 78
  And it's raining, a little bit of drizzle, but the crowd is amped up and ready for a big event today.
  2013, Hansi Lo Wang, “Morning Edition”, in National Public Radio
3. (colloquial, usually with up) To intensify or increase.
  Quotations
  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.
  2003, CMJ New Music Monthly, number 115, page 42
4. (colloquial, usually with up) To connect to amplifiers.
  Quotations
  and even the Velvet Underground were still only amping up conventional instruments
  2015, Kris Needs, Suicide: Dream Baby Dream, A New York City Story

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