Definition of tamp Tamp
/tรฆหmp/ - [tatmp] - tamp
We found 7 definitions of tamp from 5 different sources.
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NounPlural: tamps |
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| 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 | ||
| tool an implement used in the practice of a vocation | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary ๐
- tamp (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. - tamp (v. t.)
To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary ๐
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tamp, v.t. to fill up, as a hole bored in a rock for blasting: to pack earth, &c., round, as a mine, to prevent an explosion in a wrong direction.โn. Tamโฒping, the act of filling up a hole in a rock for blasting: the material used. [Tampion (q.v.).]
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