tamping

/ ˈtæmpɪŋ /

adjective

1. dialect,  (postpositive) very angry

Word History and Origins

Origin of tamping¹

see _tamp ¹

Example Sentences

He surrounded him with structure and taught Bowden how to be better organized without tamping down his enthusiasm.

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County and the state attorney general’s office was aimed at improving conditions for youth and tamping down on use of force.

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But Agnes is a mystery even to herself, it seems, tamping down her feelings until they come tumbling out in strange ways.

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But tamping down the bugs has proved difficult.

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Tom Wheeler, executive director of the Environmental Protection Information Center, which supports tamping down the barred owl population, said it wouldn’t just be the federal government footing the bill.

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