amp
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
amp1
▶noun short for ampere.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
amp2 informal
▶noun short for amplifier. ▶verb
- 1 (often amp something up) play (music) through electric amplification.
- 2 (as adj. amped or amped up) N. Amer. full of nervous energy, especially through taking amphetamines.
'amp' also found in these Oxford entries:
A & E
- A & M
- A & R
- abaft
- Abenaki
- ab initio
- Abkhaz
- aboard
- about
- above
- absolutism
- abstract expressionism
- abstractionism
- absurdism
- academy
- a cappella
- accelerando
- acclimatize
- -aceous
- acid
- across
- activism
- adagio
- adaptationism
- ad hoc
- ad hominem
- ad-lib
- ad libitum
- ad rem
- adrift
- ad valorem
- adventurism
- aeon
- affirmative
- afire
- aflame
- afloat
- afoot
- a fortiori
- Afro-American
- aft
- after
- age
- ageism
- aging
- agitato
- agoraphobia
- aground
- aid climbing
- ajar
