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yampy

/ˈjæmpi/

yampy noun: a vegetable, the Indian white yam.

Noun (1)

yampy (plural yampies)

  1. A vegetable, the Indian white yam.
    • He made sure to mention that when Miss Essie had dug up the yampies she kept only one for herself, and took all the others to the village shop to give to the villagers.1970, Jamaica Journal, volumes 4-5, page iii

Adjective

yampy (comparative more yampy, superlative most yampy)

  1. (West-Midlands) Barmy; mad; daft.
    • Them ghallu, they're dead yampy—completely mad.2012, Tad Williams, The Dirty Streets of Heaven (Bobby Dollar; 1)
    Synonyms:
    insane, strange

Noun (2)

yampy (plural yampies)

  1. (West-Midlands) A foolish person.
    Synonyms:
    fool

Synonyms of yampy

Forms of yampy

Noun
pluralyampies
Adjective
comparativemore yampy
superlativemost yampy

Questions about yampy

What does yampy mean?
Yampy means a vegetable, the Indian white yam.
What part of speech is yampy?
Yampy can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce yampy?
Yampy is pronounced /ˈjæmpi/.
What is the plural of yampy?
The plural of yampy is yampies.

Words near yampy in the dictionary

  1. yampie
  2. yampies
  3. Yampil
  4. yampis
  5. Yampolivka
  6. yampy
  7. yams
  8. yamshik
  9. yamshiks
  10. yamstchik
  11. yamstchiks

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