Definition of "lamp" in English

noun

1. A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.

2. A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.

3. A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.

verb

1. (UK, slang) To hit, clout, belt, wallop.

2. (UK, Ireland) 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. (slang, US) To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular.

4. To make into a table lamp, said of a vase or urn, etc.