Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gamp

/ɡæmp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

Syllables: gamp
IPA: /ɡæmp/

9

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

British usage; Colloquial; Dated

noun

A gynandromorphophile, a tranny chaser.

noun

Abbreviation of gynandromorphophilia.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"One gentleman sat with his gamp up on some rails near the railway."
"Number one swung lourdily her midwife's bag, the other's gamp poked in the beach."
"And it was early morning, and the world was moist, when the crystal-gazer's husband, a freak in knickerbockers with an open coppish and a sabbath gamp, came over the stones outside his house to meet the holy travellers."
"In his hand he waved – an appropriate symbol of disapprobation – his London gamp meticulously rolled."

Etymology

After Mrs Sarah Gamp, a character who carried a large umbrella in Charles Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɡæmp/
British English: /ɡamp/

Usage

Inflected Forms

gamps (plural)

Phrases

Mrs. Gamp

Frequently Paired Words

Mrs. Gamp GAM

Synonyms

brolly

Rhymes With

camp stamp lamp champ ramp amp damp clamp tramp revamp cramp vamp

Questions

How do you pronounce gamp?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡæmp/.
What does gamp mean?: An umbrella.
Where does gamp come from?: After Mrs Sarah Gamp, a character who carried a large umbrella in Charles Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit.

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