pamper
verb /ˈpæmpə(r)/
/ˈpæmpər/
(sometimes disapproving)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they pamper | /ˈpæmpə(r)/ /ˈpæmpər/ |
| he / she / it pampers | /ˈpæmpəz/ /ˈpæmpərz/ |
| past simple pampered | /ˈpæmpəd/ /ˈpæmpərd/ |
| past participle pampered | /ˈpæmpəd/ /ˈpæmpərd/ |
| -ing form pampering | /ˈpæmpərɪŋ/ /ˈpæmpərɪŋ/ |
- pamper somebody to take care of somebody very well and make them feel as comfortable as possible synonym cosset
- Pamper yourself with our new range of beauty treatments.
- a spoilt and pampered child
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPamper is used with these nouns as the object:- child
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘cram with food’): probably of Low German or Dutch origin; compare with German dialect pampfen ‘cram, gorge’; perhaps related to pap.