to lamp
- verb
- /læmp/
- Slang
- He was so angry that he threatened to lamp the guy who cut him off.
Examples
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Hey, lamp this.
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Yeah, you really lamped him.
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Or he could wait in there to lamp you.
Fiction book (1995) -
Don't make me lamp this at your head.
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Anyway, I've lamped him, he's gone flying...
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Don't make me lamp you for that comment.
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If you keep talking back, I might just have to lamp you.
Synonyms
To hit someone or something quickly with a closed fist
To hit someone or something very hard
Hit something hard so it breaks or opens
To hit someone or something very hard many times
To hit something or someone very hard
To hit someone or something with a quick strong blow
Idioms
A sign that someone works late and studies hard, or the smell of an oil lamp
Compounds
- Literature
A small magical lamp in the story that brings a genie to grant wishes
- Specialized
A light bulb that makes light by heating a thin wire inside glass
- Specialized
A long glass tube light used in offices and kitchens that uses electricity and lasts a long time
- Specialized
A set of free programs used together to run websites, including Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP
- Archaic
A lamp that makes very bright light by a steady electric spark between two metal rods
- Archaic
A small electric light that glows when electricity passes through a gas, often used to show a device is on
- Specialized
A light that gives heat you can feel but not see, used to warm or help sore muscles
- Specialized
A lamp that makes light when electricity passes between two metal points inside a gas
- Archaic
A glass tube that covers a lamp flame to protect it and help it burn steadily
- Specialized
A bright electric lamp that makes bluish light often used for streets and large indoor places
- Specialized
A lamp that gives invisible light to make some paints glow and kill germs
- Specialized
A bright lamp with a narrow beam used with a microscope to look inside the eye
- Archaic
An electric lamp that makes very bright light by an arc of electricity between two carbon rods
- Specialized
A lamp with a quartz tube that gives very bright light and ultraviolet rays used to kill germs
- Specialized
A small electric light that glows when electricity passes through neon gas
- Specialized
A light that gives a strong yellow glow often used for street lighting
- Specialized
A lamp that makes light by passing electricity between two metal parts inside a glass tube
- Specialized
A sea animal with two shells and two arm-like parts with tentacles for feeding
A famous English nurse who cared for soldiers at night and carried a lamp during the Crimean War
- Specialized
A lamp that makes light when electricity passes through gas in a glass tube
- Specialized
A neon tube light that uses very fast electric currents around the tube instead of wires
- Specialized
A lamp hung on a ship while it is at anchor to show its position at night
- Specialized
A lamp that gives strong ultraviolet light for medical or beauty treatments
How Hard
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lamp as a verb probably grew from the short English word lam, which meant 'to hit', so to lamp someone is to strike them hard.