sham
verb/ʃæm/
/ʃæm/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they sham | /ʃæm/ /ʃæm/ |
| he / she / it shams | /ʃæmz/ /ʃæmz/ |
| past simple shammed | /ʃæmd/ /ʃæmd/ |
| past participle shammed | /ʃæmd/ /ʃæmd/ |
| -ing form shamming | /ˈʃæmɪŋ/ /ˈʃæmɪŋ/ |
- to pretend something
- sham (something) Is he really sick or is he just shamming?
- sham + adj. Hamlet is really sane but shamming mad.
Word Originlate 17th cent.: perhaps a northern English dialect variant of the noun shame.Want to learn more?
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