tamp (redirected from tamps)

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.

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[Perhaps back-formation from tampin, variant of tampion.]

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tamp¹

vb (tr)

1. to force or pack down firmly by repeated blows

2. (Mining & Quarrying) to pack sand, earth, etc. into (a drill hole) over an explosive

[probably a back formation from tampin (obsolete variant of tampion), which was taken as being a present participle tamping]

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tamp²

vb South Wales dialect

1. (tr) to bounce (a ball)

2. (intr; usually foll by down) to pour with rain

[probably special use of tamp¹]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tamp - 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
Verb	1.	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"

Translations

tamp [tæmp] VT (also tamp down, tamp in) → apisonar (Min) (in blasting) → atacar

tamp

vt

(= block up) drill hole etc → (ver)stopfen

(= ram down) earth → (fest)stampfen; to tamp (down) tobacco in a pipe → die Pfeife (fest) stopfen