TAMPER

tamp, tamper, tamping bar

(noun) a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)

meddle, tamper

(verb) intrude in other people’s affairs or business; interfere unwantedly; “Don’t meddle in my affairs!”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

tamper (plural tampers)

A person or thing that tamps.

A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.

(rail) A railway vehicle used to tamp down ballast.

Synonym: tamping machine

An envelope of neutron-reflecting material in a nuclear weapon, used to delay the expansion of the reacting material and thus produce a longer-lasting and more energetic explosion.

Etymology 2

Verb

tamper (third-person singular simple present tampers, present participle tampering, simple past and past participle tampered)

(intransitive) To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).

Synonym: interfere

(intransitive) To try to influence someone, usually in an illegal or devious way; to try to deal (with someone).

(dated) To meddle (with something) in order to corrupt or pervert it.

(obsolete) To involve oneself (in a plot, scheme, etc.).

(obsolete) To attempt to practise or administer something (especially medicine) without sufficient knowledge or qualifications.

(in professional sports) To discuss future contracts with a player, against league rules.

Anagrams

• empart, mat rep

Source: Wiktionary

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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.] Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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