amp

plural amps

1. abbreviationclippingcolloquialcountableClipping of ampere.
2. abbreviationclippingcolloquialcountableClipping of amplifier.
3. abbreviationclippingcolloquialcountableClipping 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.

   1963, Washington (State). Legislature. Joint Committee on Governmental Cooperation, Report and Recommendations (page 45)

4. abbreviationclippingcolloquialcountableClipping of amputee.
5. abbreviationclippingcolloquialuncountableClipping of amphetamine.
6. abbreviationclippingcolloquialuncountableClipping of ampicillin.
7. abbreviationclippingcolloquialcountableClipping of ampersand.

present singular third person amps · participle present amping · participle past amped · past amped

1. colloquialusuallyTo amplify.

   He asked the disk jockey to amp it up.

2. colloquialusuallyTo excite.

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

   2 more examples

   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. colloquialusuallyTo intensify or increase.

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

   1 more example

   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. colloquialusuallyTo connect to amplifiers.

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

   2015, Kris Needs, Suicide: Dream Baby Dream, A New York City Story

plural AMPs

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebiochemistryInitialism of adenosine monophosphate.
2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebiochemistryInitialism of antimicrobial peptide.
3. InternetabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of accelerated mobile page.

   That strict nature of the AMP HTML means that attention to detail is necessary. The pages must be properly validated in order to function every time — and in order to amp up your place in Google's rankings, your AMP site must function every time.

   2019, Richard Conway, How to Get to the Top of Google Search: A Practical SEO Guide, Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited, →ISBN

4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Asian massage parlor.

1. abbreviationbiblicalAbbreviation of Amplified Bible.