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tamp

[ tamp ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

tamp

/ tæmp /

tamp

/ tæmp /

Origin of tamp¹

First recorded in 1810–20; perhaps alteration of tampion

Origin of tamp¹

C17: probably a back formation from tampin (obsolete variant of tampion ), which was taken as being a present participle tamping

Origin of tamp²

probably special use of tamp ¹

Smiley, meanwhile, tried to tamp down fears by comparing the Ebola outbreak to the SARS outbreak of 2003.

There is still a window of opportunity to tamp it down, but that window is closing.

Sure, water filter makers put a bit of bactericide in their products to tamp down the infestation.

To some degree, Washington colludes with China to tamp down the nuclear threat from North Korea.

An executive of the National Auto Dealers Association claimed it would shut people out of the new car market and tamp down sales.

Colonel Fraser paused to tamp down the tobacco in his pipe with a fingertip.

Machines designed to tamp the concrete and strike it off to the required cross section are also employed for finishing.

Tampion, tamp′i-un, n. the stopper used to close the mouth of a cannon or mortar.

When it is necessary to tamp dynamite, nothing but a wooden tamper shall be used.

To this he affixed a cap and fuse, and clapping on his tamp of clay, lit the fuse, and ran into the tunnel.

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