tamp

[US]/tæmp/
[UK]/tæmp/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. pack down firmly; press down
n. a tool for packing down or tamping
Word Forms
Past Tensetamped
Present Participletamping
Past Participletamped
Third Person Singulartamps
Pluraltamps

Phrases & Collocations

tamp down

tamp soil

tamp a pipe

use a tamper

Example Sentences

Don't tamper with my feelings.

joint action to tamp down a too-strong dollar

he tamped down the tobacco with his thumb.

tamper with a jury.See Synonyms at interfere

when the hole was tamped to the top, gunpowder was inserted.

tried to tamper with the decedent's will; tampering with the timing mechanism of the safe.

The consumer removes a film overwrap, then takes a tamper-evidence tear strip off the top of the sliding door.

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