noun
Meaning 1
An umbrella.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dated, slang
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gamp
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ɡæmp/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɡamp/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -æmp
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CMU ARPABET: G AE1 M P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A gynandromorphophile, a tranny chaser.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: transgender slang
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Abbreviation of gynandromorphophilia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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noun
Meaning 4
colloquial terms for an umbrella
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brolly
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: umbrella
History
Etymology
After Mrs Sarah Gamp, a character who carried a large umbrella in Charles Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit.
From GAMP (“gynandromorphophilia”).