Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bamboo
Participle: bambooed
Gerund: bambooing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bamboo |
| you | bamboo |
| he;she;it | bambooes |
| we | bamboo |
| you | bamboo |
| they | bamboo |
Perfect
| I | have bambooed |
| you | have bambooed |
| he;she;it | has bambooed |
| we | have bambooed |
| you | have bambooed |
| they | have bambooed |
Past
| I | bambooed |
| you | bambooed |
| he;she;it | bambooed |
| we | bambooed |
| you | bambooed |
| they | bambooed |
Pluperfect
| I | had bambooed |
| you | had bambooed |
| he;she;it | had bambooed |
| we | had bambooed |
| you | had bambooed |
| they | had bambooed |
Future
| I | will bamboo |
| you | will bamboo |
| he;she;it | will bamboo |
| we | will bamboo |
| you | will bamboo |
| they | will bamboo |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bambooed |
| you | will have bambooed |
| he;she;it | will have bambooed |
| we | will have bambooed |
| you | will have bambooed |
| they | will have bambooed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bamboo |
| you | bamboo |
| he;she;it | bamboo |
| we | bamboo |
| you | bamboo |
| they | bamboo |
Perfect
| I | have bambooed |
| you | have bambooed |
| he;she;it | have bambooed |
| we | have bambooed |
| you | have bambooed |
| they | have bambooed |
Imperfect
| I | bambooed |
| you | bambooed |
| he;she;it | bambooed |
| we | bambooed |
| you | bambooed |
| they | bambooed |
Pluperfect
| I | had bambooed |
| you | had bambooed |
| he;she;it | had bambooed |
| we | had bambooed |
| you | had bambooed |
| they | had bambooed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bamboo |
| you | would bamboo |
| he;she;it | would bamboo |
| we | would bamboo |
| you | would bamboo |
| they | would bamboo |
Perfect
| I | would have bambooed |
| you | would have bambooed |
| he;she;it | would have bambooed |
| we | would have bambooed |
| you | would have bambooed |
| they | would have bambooed |
Imperative
| you | bamboo |
| we | Let's bamboo |
| you | bamboo |
Verbs conjugated like 'bamboo'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bamboo'
bambosh,
gambol,
jambok,
mambo,
taboo,
achoo,
alloo,
amber,
amble,
ammo,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Dravidian *wē
3. Proto-Dravidian *mpu
4. Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu
5. Tamil வேம்பு (vēmpu)bor.
6. ▲
7. Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu
8. Kannada ಬಂಬು (bambu)bor.
9. Malay bambubor.
10. Portuguese bambubor.
11. Dutch bamboebor.
12. English bamboo
13. Borrowed from Dutch bamboe, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಂಬು (bambu), variant form of ಬೇವು (bēvu). Cognate with Malayalam വേപ്പ് (vēppŭ), Telugu వేప (vēpa), from Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu (“neem”). See: Kannada '
ಬಂಬು'.
Sample Sentences
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[…] the beadle is punished by fine, and sometimes bambooed, if robberies are too frequent within his jurisdiction, or if he fails to secure the person of any malefactor particularly wanted by his superior officers. [1880, Herbert Giles, transl., Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, London: Thomas de la Rue & Co., Vol. II, p. 18, footnote:]
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The craze for bambooing furniture and accessories was one of many popular paint techniques in the 18th century and early Victorian era. [1994, Penny Swift, The Complete Book of Paint Techniques, New Holland, page 67:]
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If you're just a girl from Lucknow, with no fluid cash, you'll be just one more among thousands going from producer to producer by auto-rickshaw, and every photographer who agrees to take a picture for your portfolio will want to introduce you to his bed upstairs in the loft. And what you'll get out of all this in the end is a lot of bambooing and maybe a dance or two in his videos. [2006, Vikram Chandra, Sacred Games, Penguin, published 2008:]
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One scene of attachment and intimacy shows Vijay careening into their shared apartment dead drunk and insulting a praying Ajay for his devotion to the household god, Hanuman […], saying that instead of being rescued Ajay will be "bamboo-ed," a popular slang for anal penetration. [2013, Nandini Bhattacharya, chapter 5, in Hindi Cinema: Repeating the Subject, London: Routledge:]