lamp

name

1. Acronym of Linux, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, and PHP/Python/Perl: a popular combination of open source software for use as a web server.

noun

1. Acronym of loop-mediated isothermal amplification.
2. Acronym of lysosome-associated membrane glycoprotein.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English laumpe, lampe, from Old French lampe (“lamp, light”), from Latin lampas (“torch, lamp, light”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch, lamp, beacon, light, meteor”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“to shine”). Cognate with Lithuanian lópė (“light”), Welsh llachar (“bright”). Displaced native Old English lēohtfæt (literally “light-vat”).

1. To hit, clout, belt, wallop.

   “Another man said, “If someone [a customer]^([sic]) gave me loads of hassle, I'd end up lamping them.” Several of them, in fact, had lost their jobs when they lamped the boss.”

   “All for the pleasure of lamping a twat in the face.”

2. To hunt at night using a lamp, during which bright lights are used to dazzle the hunted animal or to attract insects for capture.
3. To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular.

   “I'm in my Flavmobile cold lamping. I took a G upstate cold camping. To the Poconos, we call a hideaways. A bag of franks and a bag of Frito-Lays.”

4. To make (something, such as a vase or urn) into a table lamp.