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noun
1.
a person or thing that damps or depresses: His glum mood put a damper on their party.
2.
a movable plate for regulating the draft in a stove, furnace, etc.
3.
Music.
a.
a device in stringed keyboard instruments to deaden the vibration of the strings.
b.
the mute of a brass instrument, as a horn.
4.
Electricity. an attachment to keep the indicator of a measuring instrument from oscillating excessively, as a set of vanes in a fluid or a short-circuited winding in a magnetic field.
5.
EXPANDMachinery. a shock absorber.
6.
COLLAPSEAustralian.
a.
a round, flat cake made of flour and water, and cooked over a campfire.
b.
the dough for such cakes.
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adjective
1.
slightly wet; moist: damp weather; a damp towel.
2.
unenthusiastic; dejected; depressed: The welcoming committee gave them a rather damp reception.
noun
3.
moisture; humidity; moist air: damp that goes through your warmest clothes.
4.
a noxious or stifling vapor or gas, especially in a mine.
5.
depression of spirits; dejection.
6.
a restraining or discouraging force or factor.
verb (used with object)
Verb phrase7.
to make damp; moisten.
8.
to check or retard the energy, action, etc., of; deaden; dampen: A series of failures damped her enthusiasm.
9.
to stifle or suffocate; extinguish: to damp a furnace.
10.
Acoustics, Music. to check or retard the action of (a vibrating string); dull; deaden.
11.
Physics. to cause a decrease in amplitude of (successive oscillations or waves).
12.
damp off, to undergo damping-off.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English (in sense of def. 4); compare Middle Dutch damp, Middle High German dampf vapor, smoke
1300–50; Middle English (in sense of def. 4); compare Middle Dutch damp, Middle High German dampf vapor, smoke
Related forms
damp·ish, adjective
damp·ish·ly, adverb
damp·ish·ness, noun
damp·ly, adverb
damp·ness, noun
Synonyms
1. dank, steamy. Damp, humid, moist mean slightly wet. Damp usually implies slight and extraneous wetness, generally undesirable or unpleasant unless the result of intention: a damp cellar; to put a damp cloth on a patient's forehead. Humid is applied to unpleasant dampness in the air: The air is oppressively humid today. Moist denotes something that is slightly wet, naturally or properly: moist ground; moist leather. 3. dankness, dampness, fog, vapor. 7. humidify. 8. slow, inhibit, restrain, moderate, abate.
1. dank, steamy. Damp, humid, moist mean slightly wet. Damp usually implies slight and extraneous wetness, generally undesirable or unpleasant unless the result of intention: a damp cellar; to put a damp cloth on a patient's forehead. Humid is applied to unpleasant dampness in the air: The air is oppressively humid today. Moist denotes something that is slightly wet, naturally or properly: moist ground; moist leather. 3. dankness, dampness, fog, vapor. 7. humidify. 8. slow, inhibit, restrain, moderate, abate.
Antonyms
1. dry.
1. dry.
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Word Origin & History
damp
early 14c., probably in O.E., but no record of it. If not, probably from M.L.G. damp; ult. from P.Gmc. *dampaz. Originally "a noxious vapor;" sense of "moisture" is first attested 1706. Damper of a piano is from 1783; of a chimney, 1788; either or both of which led to various figurative senses.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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