Meaning
4 senses(UK, slang)To hit, clout, belt, wallop.
(Ireland, UK)To hunt at night using a lamp, during which bright lights are used to dazzle the hunted animal or to attract insects for capture.
(US, slang)To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular.
(transitive)To make (something, such as a vase or urn) into a table lamp.
Examples
268 sentencesThe lamp hung from the ceiling.
Лампа звисала зі стелі.
Do you sell desk lamps here?
У вас тут продаються настільні лампи?
Tom turned off his bedside lamp.
Том вимкнув свій нічник.
ruТом выключил свой ночник.
There is a lamp on the ceiling.
На стелi розташована лампа.
ruНа потолке находится лампа.
Tom shut the book and turned off the lamp.
Том закрив книжку і вимкнув лампу.
Origin
From Middle English laumpe, lampe, from Old French lampe (“lamp, light”), from Latin lampaFrom Middle English laumpe, lampe, from Old French lampe (“lamp, light”), from Latin lampas (“torch, lamp, light”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch, lamp, beacon, light, meteor”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“to shine”). Cognate with Lithuanian lópė (“light”), Welsh llachar (“bright”). Displaced native Old English lēohtfæt (literally “light-vat”).
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Forms
lamps, lamping, lamped, lampedSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
3 patterns- off the lamp
- the lamp on
- desk lamp