tamp

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/ tæmp /

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verb (used with object)

to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes: He tamped the tobacco in his pipe.

(in blasting) to fill (a drilled hole) with earth or the like after the charge has been inserted.

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Origin of tamp

First recorded in 1810–20; perhaps alteration of tampion

Words nearby tamp

Tammuz, tammy, tamo, tam-o'-shanter, tamoxifen, tamp, Tampa, Tampa Bay, tampala, tamper, Tampere

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How to use tamp in a sentence

The Media Briefing this week looks at how Facebook is trying to tamp down politics on its platform and ramp up entertainment.
Media Briefing: Facebook pivots away from politics –publishers say ‘we’re just along for the ride’|Tim Peterson|February 11, 2021|Digiday
With a move that’s being pitched as a win for consumer privacy via tamping down data collection, Google, Apple and other walled gardens will likely become more and more powerful.
Marketing Briefing: As Apple and Google privacy updates near, marketers, media buyers see ‘adverse impact on advertisers’|Kristina Monllos|January 26, 2021|Digiday
The point is for the males to build trust and tamp down tension.
In the animal kingdom, rituals that connect, renew and heal|Barbara King|January 22, 2021|Washington Post
Policymakers have to determine if tamping down or easing up on drug restrictions affects the use of other potentially dangerous substances.
Study: Smoking bans saved countless lives — could they have increased drunk driving?|Jerusalem Demsas|December 24, 2020|Vox

At any rate, even without companies doing anything to tamp down and capitalize on the first-day pop, the phenomenon may curtail itself naturally if BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s predictions are anything to go by.
The IPO slate for 2021 gets heavy|Lucinda Shen|December 14, 2020|Fortune
Smiley, meanwhile, tried to tamp down fears by comparing the Ebola outbreak to the SARS outbreak of 2003.
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: October 19|PunditFact.com|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There is still a window of opportunity to tamp it down, but that window is closing.
CDC Director: First U.S. Ebola Patient ‘Critically Ill’|Abby Haglage|September 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sure, water filter makers put a bit of bactericide in their products to tamp down the infestation.
Are Water Filters B.S.?|Michael Schulson|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To some degree, Washington colludes with China to tamp down the nuclear threat from North Korea.
A Winning Strategy for Iraq and Syria|Leslie H. Gelb|June 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
An executive of the National Auto Dealers Association claimed it would shut people out of the new car market and tamp down sales.
The Chicken Littles Are Wrong: Environmental Regulations Always Spur Innovation|Daniel Gross|June 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Colonel Fraser paused to tamp down the tobacco in his pipe with a fingertip.
Dave Dawson with the R.A.F|R. Sidney Bowen
Machines designed to tamp the concrete and strike it off to the required cross section are also employed for finishing.
American Rural Highways|T. R. Agg
Tampion, tamp′i-un, n. the stopper used to close the mouth of a cannon or mortar.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
When it is necessary to tamp dynamite, nothing but a wooden tamper shall be used.
Mining Laws of Ohio, 1921|Anonymous
To this he affixed a cap and fuse, and clapping on his tamp of clay, lit the fuse, and ran into the tunnel.
The White Mice|Richard Harding Davis

British Dictionary definitions for tamp (1 of 2)

tamp¹

/ (tæmp) /

verb (tr)

to force or pack down firmly by repeated blows

to pack sand, earth, etc into (a drill hole) over an explosive

Word Origin for tamp

C17: probably a back formation from tampin (obsolete variant of tampion), which was taken as being a present participle tamping

British Dictionary definitions for tamp (2 of 2)

tamp²

/ (tæmp) /

verb South Wales dialect

(tr) to bounce (a ball)

(intr usually foll by down) to pour with rain

Word Origin for tamp

probably special use of tamp 1

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