tamp

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to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected
To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place
{f} pack down tightly; plug a drilled hole with dirt or other material (in blasting)
The process of compacting concrete with rakes or short lengths of lumber
To pack down firmly with a series of taps or blows
In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected
press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso"
for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc
If you tamp something, you press it down by tapping it several times so that it becomes flatter and more solid. Then I tamp down the soil with the back of a rake Philpott tamped a wad of tobacco into his pipe. tamp down to press or push something down by lightly hitting it several times (Perhaps from tampion, tampin (15-20 centuries), from tampon; TAMPON)
To pack down tightly by a succession of blows or taps Usually used to refer to the placement of the gauze layer on a mold
To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place
a tool for tamping (e g , for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc )
a tool for tamping e
tamp down
press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso"
tamp down
press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso
tamped
packed down
tamped
Simple past tense and past participle of tamp
tamper
A person or thing that tamps
tamper
To alter by making unauthorized changes; to meddle
tamper
To discuss future contracts against league rules with a player
tamper
{v} to meddle with practise upon, try
tamped
pounded hard
tamper
One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed
tamper
{f} meddle, interfere; tinker, fiddle; engage in secret or improper activities
tamper
To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing
tamper
To interfere improperly or in violation of the law such as to tamper with a document The term "jury tampering" means to illegally disrupt the independence of a jury member with a view to influencing that juror otherwise than by the production of evidence in open court
tamper
To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery
tamper
intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly; "Don't meddle in my affairs!"
tamper
To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease
tamper
a tool for tamping (e g , for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc )
tamper
play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly; "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts"
tamper
To alter by making unauthorized changes; to meddle with
tamper
In professional sports, to discuss future contracts against league rules with a player
tamper
If someone tampers with something, they interfere with it or try to change it when they have no right to do so. I don't want to be accused of tampering with the evidence. tamper with to touch something or make changes to it without permission, especially in order to deliberately damage it
tamper
An instrument for pressing down tobacco in a pipe bowl, especially when a pipe is being re-lit, and the tobacco is too hot for comfortable finger tamping Formerly called a stopple Early stopples were usually clay Modern tampers are usually metal
tamper
An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron
tamping
The act of one who tamps; specifically, the act of filling up a hole in a rock, or the branch of a mine, for the purpose of blasting the rock or exploding the mine
tamping
Using a rake in concrete work to jab aggregate down and to work out any air bubbles
tamping
See Tamp, v
tamping
present participle of tamp
tamping
Packing or compacting, such as walking on sandbags as they are placed in rows to build a dike
tamping
The material used in tamping
tamps
third-person singular of tamp
tamp

    Türkische aussprache

    tämp

    Aussprache

    /ˈtamp/ /ˈtæmp/

    Etymologie

    [ 'tamp ] (transitive verb.) 1834. probably back-formation from obsolete tampion, tampin plug, from Middle English, from Middle French tapon, tampon, from Old French taper to plug, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English tæppa tap.

    Tempora

    tamps, tamping, tamped
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