amp
see also: AMP
Pronunciation Noun
AMP
Noun
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see also: AMP
Pronunciation Noun
amp
- (colloquial, countable) Short for ampere#English|ampere.
- (colloquial, countable) Short for amplifier#English|amplifier.
- (colloquial, countable) Short for ampoule#English|ampoule.
- 1963, Washington (State). Legislature. Joint Committee on Governmental Cooperation, Report and Recommendations (page 45)
- 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)
- (colloquial, countable) Short for amputee#English|amputee.
- (colloquial, uncountable) Short for ampicillin#English|ampicillin.
amp (amps, present participle amping; past and past participle amped)
- (colloquial, usually, with up) To amplify.
- He asked the disk jockey to amp it up.
- (colloquial, usually, with up) To excite.
- 2012, Natalie Anderson, First Time Lucky? (page 78)
- In the distance, the music thumped, amping the crowd higher.
- 2013, Hansi Lo Wang, Morning Edition, National Public Radio
- And it's raining, a little bit of drizzle, but the crowd is amped up and ready for a big event today.
- 2012, Natalie Anderson, First Time Lucky? (page 78)
- (colloquial, usually, with up) To intensify or increase.
- 2003 CMJ New Music Monthly (number 115, page 42)
- 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
- 2003 CMJ New Music Monthly (number 115, page 42)
AMP
Noun
amp
- (biochemistry) Initialism of adenosine monophosphate
- (internet) Initialism of Accelerated Mobile Pages
- 2019, Richard Conway, How to Get to the Top of Google Search: A Practical SEO Guide, Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited (ISBN 9780143773542)
- 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 9780143773542)
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