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tamp
[tamp]
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.
tamp
1/ æ /
verb
to force or pack down firmly by repeated blows
to pack sand, earth, etc into (a drill hole) over an explosive
tamp
2/ æ /
verb
(tr) to bounce (a ball)
to pour with rain
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of tamp1
Origin of tamp2
Example Sentences
The fact Trump dispatched troops to tamp down protests in Los Angeles, the biggest blue megalopolis in the nation’s biggest blue state, cannot be ignored.
But we now have pharmaceutical aids to help tamp that down.
But tamping down the bugs has proved difficult.
For some analysts the jobs figures tamped down recession fears in the wake of commerce department data this week showing a contraction in the US economy for the first time in three years.
Even in private spaces, people have to manage and tamp down the emotions they are experiencing lest it overwhelm their entire life.
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