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amp

/ˈeə̯mp/noun, verb

amp is spelled A-M-P: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 6.3 times per million words in written English, the 9,594th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, amp means “Clipping of ampere” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of amp is amps.

How many letters and syllables are in amp?

Letters3: A-M-P
Syllables1
In writing6.3 times per million words; the 9,594th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is amp?

Amp appears 6.3 times per million words in written English, the 9,594th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce amp?

  • /ˈæmp/
  • [ˈæmp]
  • US /ˈeə̯mp/

Amp has one syllable.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-amp.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with amp?

2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as amp from its last stressed vowel (/eəmp/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: map, pam.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of amp

  • amps plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • amping participle, present
  • amped participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does amp mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialClipping of ampere.

  2. 2

    colloquialClipping of amplifier.

  3. 3

    colloquialClipping of ampoule.

    The physician had included a note which said: "Dear Miss ........, I could not get the name of your friend over the phone so I am sending two prescriptions for Methedrine amps and one prescription for Drinalfa ten cc vials.

  4. 4

    colloquialClipping of amputee.

  5. 5

    colloquialClipping of amphetamine.

  6. 6

    colloquialClipping of ampicillin.

  7. 7

    colloquialClipping of ampersand.

verb

  1. 1

    colloquialTo amplify.

    He asked the disk jockey to amp it up.

  2. 2

    colloquialTo excite.

    Well you're very amped up today, what's got you so excited?

  3. 3

    colloquialTo intensify or increase.

  4. 4

    colloquialTo connect to amplifiers.

noun

as AMP
  1. 1

    Initialism of adenosine monophosphate.

  2. 2

    Initialism of antimicrobial peptide.

  3. 3

    Initialism of accelerated mobile page.

  4. 4

    Initialism of Asian massage parlor.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Amp in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Germansteigern, aufdrehen (to amplify), antreiben, aufputschen (to excite), verstärken, hochtreiben (to intensify)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

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