1. An artificial source of visible illumination
   "She turned on the lamp to read in the dim room"
    
2. A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs
   "The antique floor lamp cast a warm glow in the corner of the room"

1. [UK, informal] Hit hard
   "The teacher lampd the boy";
   - sock [informal], bop [informal], whop [informal], whap [N. Amer, informal], bonk [informal], bash [informal], clonk [informal], boink [N. Amer, informal], whack [informal], wham [informal], wallop [informal], clock [UK, informal], belt [informal]
    
2. Hunt at night, esp. using lamps to dazzle the hunted animal
   "Lamping for rabbits"

Derived forms: lamped, lamps, lamping

Type of: article of furniture, furniture, hit, piece of furniture, source of illumination

Encyclopedia: Lamp, Dennis