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Definition of Tamp

1. Verb. Press down tightly. "Tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso"

2. Noun. A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.).

Definition of Tamp

1. v. t. In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected.

Definition of Tamp

1. Verb. (context: blasting) to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected. ¹

2. Verb. To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to ''tamp'' earth so as to make a smooth place. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tamp

1. to pack down by tapping [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tamp

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tamped tampeon tampeons tamper tampered tamperer tamperers tampering tamperproof

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