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pappyshow

pappyshow adjective: ridiculous, ludicrous.

Adjective

pappyshow (comparative more pappyshow, superlative most pappyshow)

  1. (Caribbean) ridiculous, ludicrous

Noun

pappyshow (countable and uncountable, plural pappyshows)

  1. (Caribbean, Jamaica, countable) A fool, a buffoon
  2. (Caribbean, Jamaica, uncountable) mockery, ridicule

Verb

pappyshow (third-person singular simple present pappyshows, present participle pappyshowing, simple past and past participle pappyshowed)

  1. (Caribbean) to mock, to make fun of

Forms of pappyshow

Adjective
comparativemore pappyshow
superlativemost pappyshow
alternative formpoppy show
Noun
pluralpappyshows
Verb
third-person singular presentpappyshows
present participlepappyshowing
past participlepappyshowed
pastpappyshowed

Origin of pappyshow

Early 20th-century alteration of Scottish dialect puppy show, meaning "puppet show".

Questions about pappyshow

What does pappyshow mean?
Pappyshow means ridiculous, ludicrous.
What part of speech is pappyshow?
Pappyshow can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.

Words near pappyshow in the dictionary

  1. Papps
  2. pappus
  3. Pappus's hexagon theorem
  4. pappuses
  5. pappy
  6. pappyshow
  7. pappyshowed
  8. pappyshowing
  9. pappyshows
  10. PAPR
  11. papreg

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