About The Word Tamper
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Tamper
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What's The Definition Of Tamper?
[n] a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
[v] fool or play around with; "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk" [v] intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly; "Don't meddle in my affairs!" Synonyms | Synonyms for Tamper: meddle | monkey | tamp Related Terms | Find terms related to Tamper: See Also | interfere | interpose | intervene | manipulate | step in | tool Tamper In Webster's Dictionary \Tamp"er\, n.
1. One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for
blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is
placed.
2. An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron.
\Tam"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tampered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tampering}.] [A corruption of temper.] 1. To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease. 'T is dangerous tampering with a muse. --Roscommon. 2. To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing. 3. To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery. Others tampered For Fleetwood, Desborough, and Lambert. --Hudibras. |
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