Words that rhyme with bouwkamp

n 1: the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps" [syn: ampere, amp, A] 2: a nucleotide found in muscle cells and important in metabolism; reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP [syn: adenosine monophosphate, AMP, adenylic acid]

n 1: a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame [syn: blowtorch, torch, blowlamp]

adj 1: providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities; "they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect"; "campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's" [syn: camp, campy] n 1: temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling" [syn: camp, encampment, cantonment, bivouac] 2: a group of people living together in a camp; "the whole camp laughed at his mistake" 3: temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers; "level ground is best for parking and camp areas" 4: an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose [syn: clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp] 5: a penal institution (often for forced labor); "China has many camps for political prisoners" 6: something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality; "the living room was pure camp" 7: shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs [syn: camp, refugee camp] 8: a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months; "city kids get to see the country at a summer camp" [syn: camp, summer camp] v 1: live in or as if in a tent; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room" [syn: camp, encamp, camp out, bivouac, tent] 2: establish or set up a camp [syn: camp, camp down] 3: give an artificially banal or sexual quality to

n 1: someone who has won first place in a competition [syn: champion, champ, title-holder] v 1: chafe at the bit, like horses 2: chew noisily; "The boy chomped his sandwich" [syn: chomp, champ]

n 1: a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together [syn: clamp, clinch] v 1: fasten or fix with a clamp; "clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened" 2: impose or inflict forcefully; "The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital"

n 1: a painful and involuntary muscular contraction [syn: spasm, cramp, muscle spasm] 2: a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued 3: a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together [syn: cramp, cramp iron] v 1: secure with a cramp; "cramp the wood" 2: prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries" [syn: hamper, halter, cramp, strangle] 3: affect with or as if with a cramp 4: suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle

adj 1: slightly wet; "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist breeze"; "eyes moist with tears" [syn: damp, dampish, moist] n 1: a slight wetness [syn: damp, dampness, moistness] v 1: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping [syn: muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down] 2: restrain or discourage; "the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere" 3: make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message" [syn: dampen, deaden, damp] 4: lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall" [syn: dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break]

v 1: leave a camp; "The hikers decamped before dawn" [syn: decamp, break camp] 2: run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe" [syn: abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make off] 3: leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town" [syn: decamp, skip, vamoose]

v 1: live in or as if in a tent; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room" [syn: camp, encamp, camp out, bivouac, tent]

n 1: a mixture of gases (mostly methane) that form in coal mines and become explosive when mixed with air

n 1: colloquial terms for an umbrella [syn: gamp, brolly]

n 1: a powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive [syn: headlight, headlamp]

n 1: an artificial source of visible illumination 2: a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs

n 1: an inclined surface connecting two levels [syn: ramp, incline] 2: North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers [syn: ramp, wild leek, Allium tricoccum] 3: a movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft v 1: behave violently, as if in state of a great anger [syn: ramp, rage, storm] 2: furnish with a ramp; "The ramped auditorium" 3: be rampant; "the lion is rampant in this heraldic depiction" 4: creep up -- used especially of plants; "The roses ramped over the wall" 5: stand with arms or forelegs raised, as if menacing

v 1: to patch up or renovate; repair or restore; "They revamped their old house before selling it" 2: provide (a shoe) with a new vamp; "revamp my old boots" [syn: vamp, revamp]

n 1: one who is playfully mischievous [syn: imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag] v 1: perform hastily and carelessly

n 1: the distinctive form in which a thing is made; "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region" [syn: cast, mold, mould, stamp] 2: a type or class; "more men of his stamp are needed" 3: a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving; "he put his stamp on the envelope" [syn: stamp, impression] 4: a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid [syn: postage, postage stamp, stamp] 5: something that can be used as an official medium of payment [syn: tender, legal tender, stamp] 6: a small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid [syn: revenue stamp, stamp] 7: machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores [syn: stamp, pestle] 8: a block or die used to imprint a mark or design 9: a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents [syn: seal, stamp] v 1: walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots" [syn: stomp, stamp, stump] 2: to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something; "a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps" 3: reveal clearly as having a certain character; "His playing stamps him as a Romantic" 4: affix a stamp to; "Are the letters properly stamped?" 5: treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European" [syn: pigeonhole, stereotype, stamp] 6: destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot; "Stamp fascism into submission"; "stamp out tyranny" 7: form or cut out with a mold, form, or die; "stamp needles" 8: crush or grind with a heavy instrument; "stamp fruit extract the juice" 9: raise in a relief; "embossed stationery" [syn: emboss, boss, stamp]

n 1: a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.) [syn: tamp, tamper, tamping bar] v 1: press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso" [syn: tamp down, tamp, pack]

n 1: a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums" [syn: tramp, hobo, bum] 2: a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex [syn: swinger, tramp] 3: a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure) [syn: hiker, tramp, tramper] 4: a heavy footfall; "the tramp of military boots" 5: a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule [syn: tramp steamer, tramp] 6: a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure; "she enjoys a hike in her spare time" [syn: hike, hiking, tramp] v 1: travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition; "We went tramping about the state of Colorado" 2: walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone" [syn: slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad, tramp] 3: cross on foot; "We had to tramp the creeks" 4: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond]

n 1: a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men [syn: coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx, tease, prickteaser] 2: an improvised musical accompaniment 3: piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe v 1: make up; "vamp up an excuse for not attending the meeting" [syn: vamp, vamp up] 2: piece (something old) with a new part; "vamp up an old speech" [syn: vamp, vamp up] 3: act seductively with (someone) 4: provide (a shoe) with a new vamp; "revamp my old boots" [syn: vamp, revamp]