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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
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
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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