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Example sentences from the Web for tampingBut behind the scenes, senate aides have been tamping down expectations for a quick fix. Campus Sex Assault Law Could Be ‘Two Years’ Away|Olivia Nuzzi, Tim Mak|July 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST The lingering financial crisis, the sequester, and ill-timed austerity are tamping down jobs growth. Robotic Technologies Could Aggravate the U.S. Problem of Slow Jobs Growth|Robert Shapiro|July 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST When finished, the tamping tool would ring as though it was in solid rock. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910|James H. Brace, Francis Mason and S. H. Woodard The two men stood up, tamping out their weeds, and went out with Doc. Badge of Infamy|Lester del Rey
Mr. Hargis: In tamping say you have a hole in a rock four feet. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifth Annual Meeting|Various He put in the powder and tamping, and asked the other to hand him the tamping-bar. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines|R.M. Ballantyne Allowance must be made for the compression of the material by tamping so that a depression does not result. American Rural Highways|T. R. Agg
adjective(postpositive) South Wales dialect very angry Word Origin for tampingsee tamp 1 Words nearby tampingtamperproof, tamper-resistant, tamper with, Tampico, Tampico hemp, tamping, tampion, tampon, tamponade, tampur, tam-tam 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 tampingload, lade, throng, crowd, bind, stuff, pile, cram, squeeze, smash, crash, slam, stab, sink, thrust, run into, wedge, shove, ram, pack |