gammet

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verb

To play, frolic; amuse oneself, have a good time.

OriginMiddle English *gammeten ← Old English *gamnettan →
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Meanings

verbgammet (third-person singular simple present gammets, present participle gammetting, simple past and past participle gammetted)

present singular third person gammets · participle present gammetting · participle past gammetted · past gammetted · alternative gammot · alternative gammit · alternative gamet · alternative gamot · alternative gamut

  1. dialectalTo play, frolic; amuse oneself, have a good time.
  2. dialectalTo play practical jokes; trick, hoax.
noungammet (countable and uncountable, plural gammets)

plural gammets · alternative gammot · alternative gammit · alternative gamet · alternative gamot · alternative gamut

  1. countabledialectaluncountableFun, frolic, sport.
  2. countabledialectaluncountableA game, joke, trick.

Origin

  1. Old Englishgamen“fun, amusement”
  2. Old English*gamnettan“to entertain, amuse, play”
  3. Middle English*gammeten
  4. Englishgammet

Uncertain. Perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English *gammeten, *gametten (“to frolic, entertain, jest”), from Old English *gamnettan (“to entertain, amuse, play”), from Old English gamen (“fun, amusement”) + -ettan (verbal suffix).

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Chicago

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