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Definition of Tamp

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

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

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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