tamp
See also: tâmp
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tæmp/
Audio (UK) (file)
- Rhymes: -æmp
Etymology 1
Probably a back-formation from tampin (misinterpreted as tamping), a variant of tampion.
Verb
tamp (third-person singular simple present tamps, present participle tamping, simple past and past participle tamped)
- (blasting) To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock.
- To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes
- Tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.
- 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:
- Typically for the 'get-on-with-it' era, the railway and military worked like demons to restore the vital rail link. The crater was rapidly filled in and the earth tamped solid, the wreckage was removed by breakdown trains, new rails and sleepers were rushed forward by willing hands, and US Army bulldozers piled in. By 2020 on the same day, both tracks were open for traffic again where there had been a gaping pit just hours before.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- tamp down
- tamper
- tamping iron
- tamping rod
Translations
plug up with clay or other material
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pack down
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To reduce the intensity of
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See also
- tampon
- tamper
Etymology 2
Perhaps confusion with damp.
Verb
tamp (third-person singular simple present tamps, present participle tamping, simple past and past participle tamped)
- (transitive) To reduce the intensity of.
- 2013, Kristina McMorris, The Pieces We Keep:
- A single thought tamped her outrage: the chance that Meredith wasn't alone in her suspicions.
- 2014, Christy Carlyle, Scandalous Wager:
- Whatever doubts she struggled with, they hadn't tamped her hunger for him.
- 2017, Ari Thatcher, Loving Her Alphas:
- A small bit of relief tamped her initial trepidation.
- 2020, Jessie Gussman, An Amish Sanctuary:
- Lucy bit the inside of her cheek and tamped her anger down.
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Dutch
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɑmp/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: tamp
- Rhymes: -ɑmp
Noun
tamp m (plural tampen, diminutive tampje n)
- (nautical) the end of a rope or chain
- (slang) penis
Derived terms
- tampeloeres
Swedish
Noun
tamp c
- The end, or end piece, of a rope
Declension
Declension of tamp | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tamp | tampen | tampar | tamparna |
Genitive | tamps | tampens | tampars | tamparnas |