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.—
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Vaibhav Vats, The Atlantic, 21 May 2025
That combination could tamp down the expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts this year.
—Brian Evans,lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 13 May 2025
Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 26 Feb. 2025
Because of this, Benitez said, geopolitical instability of the Russian invasion in 2022 led to a fairly immediate tamp down in buying, mirroring the wider European economy, according to Benitez, who also founded and runs Madrid gallery La Caja Negra.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Verb
American diplomacy played an important role in tamping down previous conflicts over the territory in 1999 and 2019, but President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, respectively, were careful not to trumpet their interventions in those cases.
—Vaibhav Vats, The Atlantic, 21 May 2025
That combination could tamp down the expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts this year.
—Brian Evans,lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 13 May 2025
Noun
Its high-end features are hard to beat, like its customizable conical burr grinder and intelligent dosing system to automatically calculate the amount of ground coffee based on your last grind and tamp.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 26 Feb. 2025
Because of this, Benitez said, geopolitical instability of the Russian invasion in 2022 led to a fairly immediate tamp down in buying, mirroring the wider European economy, according to Benitez, who also founded and runs Madrid gallery La Caja Negra.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Tamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tamp. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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