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tamp

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tamp  (tmp)
tr.v. tamped, tamp·ing, tamps
1. To pack down tightly by a succession of blows or taps.
2. To pack clay, sand, or dirt into (a drill hole) above an explosive.
[Perhaps back-formation from tampin, variant of tampion.]
tamp
Verb
to force or pack (something) down by tapping it several times: he tamped the bowl of his pipe [probably from obsolete tampin plug for gun's muzzle]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tamptamp - a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
tamper, tamping bar
stemmer - a miner's tamping bar for ramming packing in over a blasting charge
tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation
Verb1.tamp - press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso"
tamp down, pack
compress, pack together, compact - make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data"


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