Gamp

Gamp

Gamp is a colloquial, primarily British, term for an umbrella.

GAMP may refer to:

*Girard Academic Music Program, a magnet secondary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
*Good Automated Manufacturing Practice in the pharmaceutical industry.
*GAmp (Great Audio & Movie Player) An open source media player for Microsoft Windows.


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  • Gamp — (g[a^]mp), n. A large umbrella; said to allude to Mrs. Gamp s umbrella, in Dickens s Martin Chuzzlewit. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • GAMP — ist der Name von: Karl von Gamp Massaunen (1846−1918), deutscher Gutsbesitzer und Politiker (Freikonservative Partei) GAMP ist: die Abkürzung von Good Automated Manufacturing Practice Diese Seite ist eine …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • gamp — [gamp] n. [in allusion to the umbrella of Mrs. Gamp in Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit] Brit. a large umbrella, esp. one that is bulky or awkwardly wrapped …   English World dictionary

  • gamp — /gamp/, n. Brit. Informal. an umbrella. [1860 65; after the umbrella of Mrs. Sarah Gamp in Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit] * * * …   Universalium

  • Gamp — Gamp, Karl, deutscher Politiker, geb. 24. Nov. 1846 zu Massaunen in Ostpreußen, studierte die Rechte, trat 1873 in den Staatsjustizdienst, ging 1874 zur Staatseisenbahnverwaltung über, war 1878–80 Hilfsarbeiter im Ministerium der öffentlichen… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • gamp — /gæmp/ (say gamp) noun British Colloquial an umbrella. {said to be from the umbrella of Mrs Sarah Gamp in Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit} …  

  • gamp — noun Brit. informal, dated a large umbrella. Origin C19: named after Mrs Gamp in Charles Dickens s Martin Chuzzlewit, who carried one …   English new terms dictionary

  • gamp — n. Brit. colloq. an umbrella, esp. a large unwieldy one. Etymology: Mrs Gamp in Dickens s Martin Chuzzlewit …   Useful english dictionary

  • gamp — noun (archaic or dialect): An umbrella …   Wiktionary

  • GAMP — Good Automated Manufacturing Practice (Business » General) * German American Meeting Point (Governmental » US Government) * General Anaesthetic, Manipulation and Plaster (Medical) …   Abbreviations dictionary

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