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"Short for ampoule."
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"(colloquial, countable) Short for ampoule."
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"Short for amputee."
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"(colloquial, countable) Short for amputee."
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"word": "amphetamine"
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"glosses": [
"Short for amphetamine."
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"(colloquial, uncountable) Short for amphetamine."
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"word": "ampicillin"
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"Short for ampicillin."
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"(colloquial, uncountable) Short for ampicillin."
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"Short for ampersand."
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"glosses": [
"To amplify."
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"(colloquial, usually with up) To amplify."
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"ref": "2012, Natalie Anderson, First Time Lucky?, page 78:",
"text": "In the distance, the music thumped, amping the crowd higher.",
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"ref": "2013, Hansi Lo Wang, “Morning Edition”, in National Public Radio:",
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"To excite."
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"ref": "2003, CMJ New Music Monthly, number 115, page 42:",
"text": "Amping the Justin Timberlake cameos and revving up Jiggytron 5000, these Peas want to be on Middle America's fickle plate — losing little dread-whippin' imaginativeness in the wizzash.",
"type": "quote"
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{
"text": "2014, Andy Paul, Amp Up Your Sales, AMACOM Books"
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"To intensify or increase."
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"ref": "2015, Kris Needs, Suicide: Dream Baby Dream, A New York City Story:",
"text": "and even the Velvet Underground were still only amping up conventional instruments",
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],
"glosses": [
"To connect to amplifiers."
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"(colloquial, usually with up) To connect to amplifiers."
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to amplify",
"word": "steigern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to amplify",
"word": "aufdrehen"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to excite",
"word": "antreiben"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to excite",
"word": "aufputschen"
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{
"code": "de",
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"word": "verstärken"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to intensify",
"word": "hochtreiben"
}
],
"word": "amp"
}
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