Meanings
lamp1
nounlamp (plural lamps)
plural lamps
- A device that generates light, heat, or other electromagnetic radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
- A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
- African-American VernacularAn eye.
verblamp (third-person singular simple present lamps, present participle lamping, simple past and past participle lamped)
present singular third person lamps · participle present lamping · participle past lamped · past lamped
- UKslangTo hit, clout, belt, wallop.
All for the pleasure of lamping a twat in the face.
2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 3372 more examples
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[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 - USslangTo hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular.
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 - transitiveTo make (something, such as a vase or urn) into a table lamp.
LAMP2
proper noun
- InternetabbreviationacronymAcronym of Linux, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, and PHP/Python/Perl: a popular combination of open source software for use as a web server.
nounLAMP (countable and uncountable, plural LAMPs)
plural LAMPs
- abbreviationacronymcountableuncountablebiologyAcronym of loop-mediated isothermal amplification.
- abbreviationacronymcountableuncountablebiologyAcronym of lysosome-associated membrane glycoprotein.
Lamp3
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo hunt at night using a lamp, during which bright lights are used to dazzle the hunted animal or to attract insects for capture.
Origin
- Ancient Greekλᾰ́μπω (lắmpō)
- Ancient Greekλᾰμπᾰ́ς (lămpắs)
- Medieval Greekλαμπάδα (lampáda)
- Late Latinlampada
- Old Frenchlampe
- Middle Englishlaumpe
- Englishlamp
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”).
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans lamp, lamp
- lampdevice producing light
- lampoil device producing light
Ancient Greek λύχνος
- λύχνος (lúkhnos)oil device producing light
Arabic مِصْبَاح, لَمْبَة
- مِصْبَاح (miṣbāḥ)device producing light
- لَمْبَة (lamba)device producing light
- مِصْبَاح (miṣbāḥ)oil device producing light
- قِنْدِيل (qindīl)oil device producing light
- سِرَاج (sirāj)oil device producing light
Bengali শামা, সিরাজ
- শামা (śama)device producing light
- সিরাজ (śiraj)device producing light
Bulgarian ла́мпа
- ла́мпа (lámpa)device producing light
Catalan làmpada, llum
- làmpadadevice producing light
- llumdevice producing light
- làmpadaoil device producing light
Chinese Cantonese 燈 /灯, 電燈 /电灯
- 燈 /灯 (dang¹)device producing light
- 電燈 /电灯device producing light
Chinese Mandarin 燈 /灯, 電燈 /电灯
- 燈 /灯 (dēng)device producing light
- 電燈 /电灯 (diàndēng)device producing light
- 燈 /灯 (dēng)oil device producing light
Czech lampa, svítilna
- lampadevice producing light
- svítilnadevice producing light
- lampaoil device producing light
Danish lampe, lampe
- lampedevice producing light
- lampeoil device producing light
- olielampeoil device producing light
Dutch lamp, lamp
- lampdevice producing light
- lampoil device producing light
- olielampoil device producing light
Esperanto lampo
- lampodevice producing light
Estonian lamp
- lampdevice producing light
Finnish valaisin, lamppu
- valaisinpiece of furniture
- lamppupiece of furniture
- valaisindevice producing light
- lamppudevice producing light
- öljylamppuoil device producing light
French lampe, lampe
- lampedevice producing light
- lampeoil device producing light
German Lampe, Lampe
- Lampedevice producing light
- Lampeoil device producing light
- Öllampeoil device producing light
Greek λάμπα, λάμπα
- λάμπα (lámpa)device producing light
- λάμπα (lámpa)oil device producing light
Hawaiian ipukukui
- ipukukuidevice producing light
Hebrew מְנוֹרָה, מְנוֹרָה
- מְנוֹרָה (menorá)device producing light
- מְנוֹרָה (m'norá)oil device producing light
Hindi चिराग़, लैंप
- चिराग़ (cirāġ)device producing light
- लैंप (la͠ip)device producing light
- दीपक (dīpak)device producing light
- दिया (diyā)device producing light
- दीवट (dīvaṭ)device producing light
- बत्ती (battī)oil device producing light
- चिराग़ (cirāġ)oil device producing light
Hungarian lámpa, olajlámpa
- lámpadevice producing light
- olajlámpaoil device producing light
- mécsesoil device producing light
Icelandic lampi
- lampidevice producing light
Indonesian lampu
- lampudevice producing light
Irish lampa, lampa
- lampadevice producing light
- lampaoil device producing light
Italian lampada, lampadina
- lampadadevice producing light
- lampadinadevice producing light
- lampadaoil device producing light
Japanese ランプ, 明かり
- ランプ (ranpu)device producing light
- 明かり (akari)device producing light
- 灯 (tō)device producing light
- 電灯 (dentō)device producing light
- ランプ (ranpu)oil device producing light
- 明かり (akari)oil device producing light
Korean 램프, 전등
- 램프 (raempeu)device producing light
- 전등 (jeondeung)device producing light
- 등불 (deungbul)device producing light
- 램프 (raempeu)oil device producing light
- 광명 (gwangmyeong)oil device producing light
Latin lucerna, laterna
- lucernaoil device producing light
- laternaoil device producing light
Latvian lampa
- lampadevice producing light
Lithuanian lempa
- lempadevice producing light
Malay lampu, pelita
- lampudevice producing light
- pelitaoil device producing light
Norwegian Bokmål lampe, lampe
- lampedevice producing light
- lampeoil device producing light
Polish lampa, lampa
- lampadevice producing light
- lampaoil device producing light
Portuguese luminária, lâmpada
- lumináriadevice producing light
- lâmpadadevice producing light
- candeiaoil device producing light
Romanian lampă, lampă electrică
- lampădevice producing light
- lampă electricădevice producing light
- lampăoil device producing light
- lămpioil device producing light
Russian ла́мпа, свети́льник
- ла́мпа (lámpa)piece of furniture
- свети́льник (svetílʹnik)piece of furniture
- ла́мпа (lámpa)device producing light
- ла́мпочка (lámpočka)device producing light
- ла́мпа (lámpa)oil device producing light
- свети́льник (svetílʹnik)oil device producing light
Slovak lampa, lampa
- lampadevice producing light
- lampaoil device producing light
Spanish lámpara, lámpara
- lámparadevice producing light
- lámparaoil device producing light
- candiloil device producing light
- fogariloil device producing light
Swahili taa, taa
- taadevice producing light
- taaoil device producing light
Swedish lampa, lampa
- lampadevice producing light
- lampaoil device producing light
- oljelampaoil device producing light
Tagalog lampara
- lamparadevice producing light
Thai โคมไฟ, โคม
- โคมไฟ (koom-fai)device producing light
- โคม (koom)oil device producing light
- ประทีป (bprà-tîip)oil device producing light
Turkish lamba, ampul
- lambadevice producing light
- ampuldevice producing light
- lambaoil device producing light
- yağ lambasıoil device producing light
Ukrainian ла́мпа, ла́мпочка
- ла́мпа (lámpa)device producing light
- ла́мпочка (lámpočka)device producing light
Urdu چِراغ, چَراغ
- چِراغ (cirāġ)device producing light
- چَراغ (carāġ)device producing light
- دِیپَک (dīpak)device producing light
- دِیا (diyā)device producing light
- لَیمْپ (laimp)device producing light
- مِصْباح (misbāh)device producing light
- چِراغ (cirāġ)oil device producing light
- چَراغ (carāġ)oil device producing light
- بَتّی (battī)oil device producing light
Vietnamese đèn, đèn điện
- đèndevice producing light
- đèn điệndevice producing light
Welsh lamp, llusern
- lampdevice producing light
- lluserndevice producing light
- lampiaudevice producing light
- lampoil device producing light
Yiddish לאָמפּ, לאָמפּ
- לאָמפּ (lomp)device producing light
- לאָמפּ (lomp)oil device producing light
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with lamp
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Cite this entry
APA
lamp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lamp
MLA
“lamp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lamp. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lamp,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lamp.
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