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gammet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gam-met
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To play, frolic; amuse oneself, have a good time.

verb

To play practical jokes; trick, hoax.

noun

Fun, frolic, sport.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A game, joke, trick.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English *gammeten, *gametten (“to frolic, entertain, jest”), from Old English *gamnettan (“to entertain, amuse, play”), from Old English gamen (“fun, amusement”) + -ettan (verbal suffix).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *gammeten, *gamnettan, gamen

Usage

Inflected Forms

gammets (present, singular) gammetting (participle, present) gammetted (participle, past) gammetted (past) gammot (alternative) gammit (alternative) gamet (alternative) gamot (alternative) gamut (alternative) gammets (plural)

Derived Forms

gammety

Frequently Paired Words

game gammer gammock gammon

Questions

What does gammet mean?
To play, frolic; amuse oneself, have a good time.
Where does gammet come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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