tamped; tamping; tamps
1
: to drive in or down by a succession of light or medium blows
tamp wet concrete
plural tamps
: a tool for tamping : tamper entry 2
Fill the form half full with fresh, undisturbed snow, firmly packing it down using the cutout can bottom as a tamp; tamp around the inside edges as you go.—
James Boone
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Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2024
The state has a fact-checking page to tamp down on false election claims.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
Megan Wahn, Bon Appétit, 18 Sep. 2024
In his first speech during an ambitious 12-day journey across Southeast Asia, where Christians are a small minority of the regional population, the pontiff said the Catholic Church would increase its efforts toward inter-religious dialogue in hopes of helping tamp down extremism.
—Reuters, NBC News, 4 Sep. 2024
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Verb
The Fed's 11 rate hikes in 2022 and 2023 tamped down inflation without tipping the economy into a recession.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2024
The state has a fact-checking page to tamp down on false election claims.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
This test introduced me to what would soon become my favorite feature from the Ascent X series—the tamp notification.
—Megan Wahn, Bon Appétit, 18 Sep. 2024
In his first speech during an ambitious 12-day journey across Southeast Asia, where Christians are a small minority of the regional population, the pontiff said the Catholic Church would increase its efforts toward inter-religious dialogue in hopes of helping tamp down extremism.
—Reuters, NBC News, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Tamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tamp. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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