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[ tamp ] / tæmp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tamp ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object)to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes: He tamped the tobacco in his pipe. (in blasting) to fill (a drilled hole) with earth or the like after the charge has been inserted. Origin of tampFirst recorded in 1810–20; perhaps alteration of tampion Words nearby tampTammuz, tammy, tamo, tam-o'-shanter, tamoxifen, tamp, Tampa, Tampa Bay, tampala, tamper, Tampere Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tampSmiley, meanwhile, tried to tamp down fears by comparing the Ebola outbreak to the SARS outbreak of 2003. Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: October 19|PunditFact.com|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST There is still a window of opportunity to tamp it down, but that window is closing. CDC Director: First U.S. Ebola Patient ‘Critically Ill’|Abby Haglage|September 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST Sure, water filter makers put a bit of bactericide in their products to tamp down the infestation. Are Water Filters B.S.?|Michael Schulson|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST To some degree, Washington colludes with China to tamp down the nuclear threat from North Korea. A Winning Strategy for Iraq and Syria|Leslie H. Gelb|June 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
An executive of the National Auto Dealers Association claimed it would shut people out of the new car market and tamp down sales. The Chicken Littles Are Wrong: Environmental Regulations Always Spur Innovation|Daniel Gross|June 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST To this he affixed a cap and fuse, and clapping on his tamp of clay, lit the fuse, and ran into the tunnel. The White Mice|Richard Harding Davis Into this hole the pile is dropped, and the sea-waves in a moment fill in and tamp the sand around it. The Columbia River|William Denison Lyman Tampion, tamp′i-un, n. the stopper used to close the mouth of a cannon or mortar. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various I could tamp a keg of powder so snugly into the hole of those skunks! The Face of the Fields|Dallas Lore Sharp Machines designed to tamp the concrete and strike it off to the required cross section are also employed for finishing. American Rural Highways|T. R. Agg
British Dictionary definitions for tamp (1 of 2)
verb (tr)to force or pack down firmly by repeated blows to pack sand, earth, etc into (a drill hole) over an explosive Word Origin for tampC17: probably a back formation from tampin (obsolete variant of tampion), which was taken as being a present participle tamping British Dictionary definitions for tamp (2 of 2)
verb South Wales dialect(tr) to bounce (a ball) (intr usually foll by down) to pour with rain Word Origin for tampprobably special use of tamp 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tampload, lade, throng, crowd, bind, stuff, pile, cram, squeeze, smash, crash, slam, stab, sink, thrust, run into, wedge, shove, ram, pack |