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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Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Jan. 2025
Here's how much rain Southern California will get Rain is expected to be widespread, and reach Los Angeles, Ventura and San Diego counties, which have all been on high alert for major infernos while tamping down numerous brush fires.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2025
Four years ago, when Trump lost, Zuckerberg had Meta tamp down on conspiracies after Trump’s election denial and Jan. 6 attack and banned the defeated president from Facebook and Instagram.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2025
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Verb
President Donald Trump‘s administration sought to tamp down confusion over Medicaid funding in the wake of Office of Management and Budget Director Matthew Vaeth’s memorandum pausing federal grant funding.
—Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Jan. 2025
Here's how much rain Southern California will get Rain is expected to be widespread, and reach Los Angeles, Ventura and San Diego counties, which have all been on high alert for major infernos while tamping down numerous brush fires.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
Could the cease-fire tamp down on the regional fighting that’s taken place since October 7?
—Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2025
Four years ago, when Trump lost, Zuckerberg had Meta tamp down on conspiracies after Trump’s election denial and Jan. 6 attack and banned the defeated president from Facebook and Instagram.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Tamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tamp. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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