Meaning of TAMP
| Pronunciation: | | tamp
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- [n] a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
- [v] press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso"
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| | Synonyms: | | pack, tamp down, tamper |
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| | See Also: | | compact, compress, pack together, tool | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Tamp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tamped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tamping}.] [Cf. F. tamponner to plug or stop. See
{Tampion}.]
1. 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.
2. To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to
tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.
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