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11tamp — (v.) 1819, to fill (a hole containing an explosive) with dirt or clay before blasting, a workmen s word, perhaps a back formation from tampion, that word being mistaken as a prp. (*tamping) …
12tamp — vb *pack, crowd, cram, stuff, ram Analogous words: *press, squeeze, jam, crowd: *compact, consolidate, concentrate …
13tamp — sb., en, e, ene (tovende; afstraffelsesredskab; prygl; stor, stærk mand); tampen brænder! …
14tamp — ► VERB 1) pack (a blast hole) full of clay or sand to concentrate the force of the explosion. 2) firmly ram or pack (a substance) down or into something. ORIGIN probably from French tampon tampon, plug …
15tamp — I. transitive verb Etymology: probably back formation from obsolete tampion, tampin plug, from Middle English, from Middle French tapon, tampon, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German zapho tap more at tap Date: 1834 1. to drive in or down… …
16tamp — [[t]tæ̱mp[/t]] tamps, tamping, tamped VERB If you tamp something, you press it down by tapping it several times so that it becomes flatter and more solid. [V n with adv] Then I tamp down the soil with the back of a rake... [V n prep/adv] Philpott …
17tamp — [[t]tæmp[/t]] v. t. 1) to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes: to tamp tobacco into a pipe[/ex] 2) (in blasting) to fill (a drilled hole) with earth or the like after the charge has been inserted • Etymology: 1810–20; perh. alter …
18tamp — verb /tæmp/ a) 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. b) To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp… …
19tamp — Synonyms and related words: assault, bear, bear upon, boost, buck, bull, bulldoze, bump, bump against, bunt, butt, butt against, concentrate, cram, cram in, crowd, crowd in, dent, depress, dig, dimple, dint, drive, drive in, elbow, engrave, fill… …
20tamp v — Presently, I am working with a landscaping company as a dirt compressor. It s just a tamp job …
