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wampish

wampish verb: to brandish or flourish, or be brandished or flourished.

Verb

wampish (third-person singular simple present wampishes, present participle wampishing, simple past and past participle wampished)

  1. (Scotland, ambitransitive, archaic) To brandish or flourish, or be brandished or flourished.
  2. (Scotland, archaic, intransitive) To wriggle, twist or swerve about, like a fish swimming

Forms of wampish

third-person singular presentwampishes
present participlewampishing
past participlewampished
pastwampished
alternative formwampas
alternative formwampes
alternative formwampuz

Origin of wampish

Doublet of wamble.

Questions about wampish

What does wampish mean?
Wampish means to brandish or flourish, or be brandished or flourished.
What part of speech is wampish?
Wampish is a verb.
What is the past tense of wampish?
The past tense of wampish is wampished.

Words near wampish in the dictionary

  1. Wampanoags
  2. wampee
  3. wampees
  4. wampi
  5. wampis
  6. wampish
  7. wampished
  8. wampishes
  9. wampishing
  10. Wampler
  11. Wamplers

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