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tamping

/ ˈtæmpɪŋ /

adjective

  1. dialect,  (postpositive) very angry

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tamping1

see tamp 1
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Example Sentences

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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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