Meaning of TAMPER
| Pronunciation: | | 'tampur
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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] fool or play around with; "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"
- [v] intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly; "Don't meddle in my affairs!"
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| | Synonyms: | | meddle, monkey, tamp |
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| | See Also: | | interfere, interpose, intervene, manipulate, step in, tool | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Tamp"er\, n.
1. One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for
blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is
placed.
2. An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron.
\Tam"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tampered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tampering}.] [A corruption of temper.]
1. To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to
tamper with a disease.
'T is dangerous tampering with a muse. --Roscommon.
2. To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing.
3. To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery.
Others tampered For Fleetwood, Desborough, and
Lambert. --Hudibras.
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