Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to lamp
Participle: lamped
Gerund: lamping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | lamp |
| you | lamp |
| he;she;it | lamps |
| we | lamp |
| you | lamp |
| they | lamp |
Perfect
| I | have lamped |
| you | have lamped |
| he;she;it | has lamped |
| we | have lamped |
| you | have lamped |
| they | have lamped |
Past
| I | lamped |
| you | lamped |
| he;she;it | lamped |
| we | lamped |
| you | lamped |
| they | lamped |
Pluperfect
| I | had lamped |
| you | had lamped |
| he;she;it | had lamped |
| we | had lamped |
| you | had lamped |
| they | had lamped |
Future
| I | will lamp |
| you | will lamp |
| he;she;it | will lamp |
| we | will lamp |
| you | will lamp |
| they | will lamp |
Future Perfect
| I | will have lamped |
| you | will have lamped |
| he;she;it | will have lamped |
| we | will have lamped |
| you | will have lamped |
| they | will have lamped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | lamp |
| you | lamp |
| he;she;it | lamp |
| we | lamp |
| you | lamp |
| they | lamp |
Perfect
| I | have lamped |
| you | have lamped |
| he;she;it | have lamped |
| we | have lamped |
| you | have lamped |
| they | have lamped |
Imperfect
| I | lamped |
| you | lamped |
| he;she;it | lamped |
| we | lamped |
| you | lamped |
| they | lamped |
Pluperfect
| I | had lamped |
| you | had lamped |
| he;she;it | had lamped |
| we | had lamped |
| you | had lamped |
| they | had lamped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would lamp |
| you | would lamp |
| he;she;it | would lamp |
| we | would lamp |
| you | would lamp |
| they | would lamp |
Perfect
| I | would have lamped |
| you | would have lamped |
| he;she;it | would have lamped |
| we | would have lamped |
| you | would have lamped |
| they | would have lamped |
Imperative
| you | lamp |
| we | Let's lamp |
| you | lamp |
Verbs conjugated like 'lamp'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'lamp'
amp,
camp,
clamp,
damp,
lam,
lamb,
lame,
lamm,
lap,
larp,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- To hang out
- loiter
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Ancient Greek λᾰ́μπω (lắmpō)
3. Ancient Greek -άζω (-ázō)
4. Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs)
5. Ancient Greek λᾰμπᾰ́ς (lămpắs)
6. Byzantine Greek λαμπάδα (lampáda)bor.
7. Late Latin lampada
8. Old French lampebor.
9. Middle English laumpe
10. English lamp
11. From Middle English laumpe, lampe, from Old French lampe (“lamp, light”), from Latin lampas (“torch, lamp, light”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch, lamp, beacon, light, meteor”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“to shine”). Cognate with Lithuanian lópė (“light”), Welsh llachar (“bright”). Displaced native Old English lēohtfæt (literally “light-vat”).
Sample Sentences
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Another man said, “If someone [a customer]^([sic]) gave me loads of hassle, I'd end up lamping them.” Several of them, in fact, had lost their jobs when they lamped the boss. [2009 May 20, Margaret Wente, “We are witnessing the passing of working-class masculinity”, in The Globe and Mail, archived from the original on 27 May 2009:]
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All for the pleasure of lamping a twat in the face. [2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 337:]
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[Boris Johnson] was furious, and I think what he really wanted to do was go back to London, and probably lamp Dominic Cummings, but I persuaded him not to do that. [2026 June 23, Will Walden, quotee, “‘Geldof started flicking Vs at Farage’: the story of the Brexit campaign, told by those with a front-row seat”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]
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I'm in my Flavmobile cold lamping. I took a G upstate cold camping. To the Poconos, we call a hideaways. A bag of franks and a bag of Frito-Lays. [1988 June 28, “Cold Lampin' With Flavor” (track 4), in It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, performed by Public Enemy:]