lamp
IPA: ɫˈæmp
noun
- A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
- A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
- A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.
- A surname.
- (Internet) Acronym of Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP: a popular combination of open source software for use as a web server [An open-source computer operating system kernel.]
- (genetics) Acronym of loop-mediated isothermal amplification.
- (cytology) Acronym of lysosome-associated membrane proteins.
verb
- (UK, slang) To hit, clout, belt, wallop.
- (UK, Ireland) To hunt at night using a lamp, during which bright lights are used to dazzle the hunted animal or to attract insects for capture.
- (slang, US) To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular.
- To make into a table lamp, said of a vase or urn, etc.
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