Pronunciations (9)
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/ˈæmp/
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[ˈæmp]
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/ˈeə̯mp/
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[ˈeə̯mp]
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/ˈɛə̯mp/
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[ˈɛə̯mp]
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/ˈeːmp/
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[ˈeːmp]
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æmp
Verb
To amplify.
Usage- Colloquial
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He asked the disk jockey to amp it up.
To excite.
Usage- Colloquial
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Well you're very amped up today, what's got you so excited?
In the distance, the music thumped, amping the crowd higher.
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And it's raining, a little bit of drizzle, but the crowd is amped up and ready for a big event today.
To intensify or increase.
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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.
2014, Andy Paul, Amp Up Your Sales, AMACOM Books
To connect to amplifiers.
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and even the Velvet Underground were still only amping up conventional instruments
Noun
the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
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a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps