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glamp

/ˈɡlamp/

glamp verb: to practice glamping.

Verb (1)

glamp (third-person singular simple present glamps, present participle glamping, simple past and past participle glamped)

  1. (intransitive) To practice glamping.

Noun

glamp (plural glamps)

  1. A glamping site.

Verb (2)

glamp (third-person singular simple present glamps, present participle glamping, simple past and past participle glamped)

  1. (Scotland, dated, intransitive) To grope, to make snatches at.

Forms of glamp

Verb
third-person singular presentglamps
present participleglamping
past participleglamped
pastglamped
Noun
pluralglamps

Origin of glamp

Blend of glamorous + camp.

First appears c. 1768 in the works of Alexander Ross.

Questions about glamp

What does glamp mean?
Glamp means to practice glamping.
What part of speech is glamp?
Glamp can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce glamp?
Glamp is pronounced /ˈɡlamp/.
What is the past tense of glamp?
The past tense of glamp is glamped.

Words near glamp in the dictionary

  1. glamourpusses
  2. glamours
  3. glamoursome
  4. glamourwear
  5. glamoury
  6. glamp
  7. glamped
  8. glamper
  9. glampers
  10. glamping
  11. glampings

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