The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
ampere, amp
(noun) the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d’Unites; “a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
AMP
(biochemistry) Initialism of adenosine monophosphate.
(internet) Initialism of Accelerated Mobile Pages.
• APM, MAP, MPA, PAM, Pam, map, p.m.a., pam, pma
amp (countable and uncountable, plural amps)
(colloquial, countable) Short for ampere.
(colloquial, countable) Short for amplifier.
(colloquial, countable) Short for ampoule.
(colloquial, countable) Short for amputee.
(colloquial, uncountable) Short for ampicillin.
amp (third-person singular simple present amps, present participle amping, simple past and past participle amped)
(colloquial, usually, with up) To amplify.
(colloquial, usually, with up) To excite.
(colloquial, usually, with up) To intensify or increase.
• APM, MAP, MPA, PAM, Pam, map, p.m.a., pam, pma
Source: Wiktionary
26 April 2024
(noun) a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area; “the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty”
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.