English Explanatory Dictionary

pamp

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To pamper.
noun
  1. Clipping of pamper (“a diaper”).
verb
  1. To put someone in a pamper (a diaper).
noun
  1. Initialism of pathogen-associated molecular pattern.

Pronunciation

/ˈpæmp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-NaomiAmethyst-pamp.wav

Word forms

pamp pamps pamping pamped

Etymology

From Middle English pampen, from Middle Low German pampen (“to pamper oneself, live luxuriously”), from Old Saxon *pampōn, from Proto-West Germanic *pampōn, from Proto-Germanic *pampōną (“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *bamb- (“round object”). Cognate with West Frisian pampe (“to stuff, cram”), Dutch pampen (“to cram”), German Low German pampen (“to crush, pound, stuff oneself”), German bampfen, pampen, pampfen (“to cram, gobble, eat greedily”), Norwegian Nynorsk pampa (“to stuff oneself, cram”), Swedish pampen (“stuffed, swollen up”). Compare also Saterland Frisian pämpelje (“to nurture, care for, feed”), West Frisian pampelje (“to pamper”), Dutch pampelen, pamperen (“to cram, pamper”).

Synonyms

pampie pamps diap diapee diapy diapie didee didie diddy didy dipe hippins napkin nappy pamper Pampers dip gamer pants gaming pants omutsu padding pamp
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