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Definition of lamp verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

lamp

verb
 
/læmp/
 
/læmp/
(British English, informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they lamp
 
/læmp/
 
/læmp/
he / she / it lamps
 
/læmps/
 
/læmps/
past simple lamped
 
/læmpt/
 
/læmpt/
past participle lamped
 
/læmpt/
 
/læmpt/
-ing form lamping
 
/ˈlæmpɪŋ/
 
/ˈlæmpɪŋ/
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  1. to hit somebody very hard
    • lamp somebody The guy lamped me.
    • lamp somebody something I'd have lamped her one!
perspective
noun
 
 
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