Meaning

2 senses

  1. (UK, colloquial, dated)An umbrella.

    colloquial terms for an umbrella

  2. A gynandromorphophile, a tranny chaser.

Origin

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

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

From GAMP (“gynandromorphophilia”).

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Forms

plural: gamps
Singulargamp
Pluralgamps

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • colloquial terms for an umbrella:brolly

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gamergamesmanshipgametegammagamutganganache

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