Hamper

Definitions: Hamper

Hamper

Noun

1. A restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner).

2. A basket usually with a cover.

Verb

1. Prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather".

2. Put at a disadvantage; "The brace I have to wear is hindering my movements".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "hamper" was first used: 1316. (references)

Engineering & Technology

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Hamper

Hindrance

Cramp, hamper; clog, clog the wheels; cumber; encumber, incumber; handicap; choke; saddle with, load with; overload, lay; lumber, trammel, tie one's hands, put to inconvenience; incommode, discommode; discompose; hustle, corner, drive into a corner.

Receptacle

Vessel, vase, bushel, barrel; canister, jar; pottle, basket, pannier, buck-basket, hopper, maund, creel, cran, crate, cradle, bassinet, wisket, whisket, jardiniere, corbeille, hamper, dosser, dorser, tray, hod, scuttle, utensil; brazier; cuspidor, spittoon.

Crosswords: Hamper

Go get yourself a new assistant. If you need me, I'll be in your hamper! (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein)

Adult Education Topic: Fundamental differences between the laundry hamper and the floor. Pictures and explanatory graphics. (references; author: unknown)

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Books

• A hamper of recipes from Jamaica (reference)

• Aspects in the traditional world of culture of the black child which hamper the actualization of his intelligence : a cultural-educational exploratory study (reference)

• Duplicate Costs Hamper Near-Term Biller-Centric EBPP [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• The Hamper and Trivet Catalog: It's Incredaffordable!: 'Offering a Complete Line of Unique, Innovative, Electronic, Digital American Products' (reference)

• The Teddy Bears' Picnic: A Hamper and Scrumptious Picnic to Press Out and Slot Together/Punchout (reference)

  (more book examples)

Consumer Goods

• Ecru Folding Hamper (reference)

• Hamper - Classic Pooh - Hunny Pots (reference)

• Lentek 10-90G Sila Hamper Air Purifier/Deodorizer (reference)

• Ottomanelli's Tropical Fruit Hamper (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The Anatomist Overtaken by the Watch... Carrying off Miss W--ts in a Hamper. / William Austin.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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The carriage was ordered round, the hamper, containing our contribution to the Picnic, was duly stowed away, and we set forth.

Rody Kickham had greaves in his number and a hamper in the refectory.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

It is a clinical behavioral problem that can hamper recovery and rehabilitation and may even lead to suicide. (references)

However, serologic cross-reactivity between different genogroups is also observed and may hamper epidemiologic distinction between the ehrlichial infections. (references)

Business

The Saudi Riyal is freely convertible and there are no regulations that hamper inward or outward remittance of capital or profits. (references)

The local currency, the Hong Kong dollar (HKD), is freely convertible and there are no regulations that hamper inward or outward remittance of capital or profits. (references)

The country's worsening economic situation, the lack of transparency in the regulatory system, involvement of state institutions in commerce and numerous red-tape problems hamper the process of real development within the sector. (references)

Children

Fiji

Limited financial resources hamper the Government's commitment to children's rights and welfare. (references)

Congo

Extremely poor economic circumstances often hamper parents' ability to afford these added expenses, meaning that children may not be able to attend school. (references)

Costa Rica

Traditional attitudes and the inclination to treat such crimes as misdemeanors sometimes hamper legal proceedings against those who commit crimes against children. (references)

Civil Liberties

Nigeria

Student groups alleged that numerous strikes, inadequate facilities, and the rise of cultism (or gangs) on campuses continued to hamper educational progress. (references)

Economic History

Turkey

Large public sector deficits and resulting high inflation continue to hamper the economy. (references)

Japan

There are no significant regulatory barriers that hamper U.S. exports to Japan except for flame retardancy regulations. (references)

Human Rights

Mexico

Police abuse and inefficiency hamper investigations. (references)

Peru

Overcrowding and inadequate infrastructure hamper efforts to improve prison living conditions. (references)

Thailand

Modest staffing and resources as well as the lack of power to prosecute or punish violators are expected to hamper its ability to carry out its mandate. (references)

Political Economy

Nicaragua

The weakness of the judiciary continued to hamper prosecution of human rights abusers in some cases. (references)

PHILIPPINES

Serious problems continue to hamper the effective operation of agencies tasked with IPR enforcement. (references)

Bangladesh

Bangladesh is a very poor country, occasionally beset by natural disasters that further hamper development. (references)

Political Rights

Malaysia

Other government measures hamper the opposition's ability to compete with the incumbent ruling coalition. (references)

Senegal

Although there are no legal impediments to their participation in government and politics, cultural and educational factors hamper them. (references)

Trade

Italy

However, where EU standards do not exist, Italy can set its own national requirements and some of these have been known to hamper imports of game meat, processed meat products, frozen foods, alcoholic beverages, and snack foods/confectionary products. (references)

Worker Rights

Nauru

The transient nature of the mostly foreign work force and the relative prosperity of the citizenry also have served to hamper efforts to organize the labor force. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

Despite an improvement in economic growth, the previous deterioration in enforcement of existing regulations continued to hamper investment to improve health and safety standards. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "hamper": christmas hamper ♦ clothes hamper ♦ food hamper ♦ hamper success ♦ top hamper. Additional references.

Ending with "hamper": Main-hamper, Top-hamper.

Afrikaan

bemoeilik (hinder, thwart). (various references)

Albanian

vështirësoj (hinder), shportë (basket, pannier, pot, tray), pengoj (arrest, baffle, balk, baulk, block, clog, cross, cumber, delay, detain, embarrass, encumber, estop, foil, forbid, frustrate, get in the way, handicap, hedge in, hinder, hobble, impede, inhibit, interfere, interfere with, interrupt, jam, keep away from, let, obstruct, occlude, oppose, preclude, prevent, prohibit, resist, set back, shut in, stumble, trammel, traverse, trouble), kanistër për rroba (clothes basket), frenoj (apply the brakes, be an obstacle to, bit, brake, check, choke up, clog, contain, control, Cork, damp, delay, detain, deter, fetter, guard, hang up, hedge in, hold, hold back, hold in, inhibit, interrupt, keep in, put back, rein, retard, set back, stay put, stem, stop). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كبح (arrest, bridle, check, contain, control, curb, hinder, hold, hold back, inhibit, inhibition, keep back, keep down, keep under control, leash, master, press, prevent, rein, repress, repression, restrain, restraint, steady, subdual, subdue, suppress, suppression, tame, withhold), ‏عائق (balk, bar, barrier, clog, deterrent, difficulty, disadvantage, drag, embarrassment, encumbrance, fencing, handicap, hindrance, impediment, inconvenience, interference, jam, liability, morass, obstruction, obstructive, restraint, setback, shackle, stick, stumbling block, stymie, tie, trammel, traverse), ‏عرقل (mire, obstacle, obstruct, ravel, tie up), ‏السبت سلة كبيرة, ‏أزعج (ail, annoy, beset, bother, burn, discompose, disquiet, disrupt, distress, disturb, get in the way, get on smb.'s nerves, gig, gnaw, grate, harass, importune, incommode, inconvenience, infest, intrude, irk, irritate, jolt, molest, nag, niggle, obsess, offend, pain, peck, peeve, perturb, pester, plague, possess, prickle, put out, rasp, rattle, ruffle, saddle, torment, trouble, upset, vex), ‏أعاق (baulk, clog, disserve, fix, obstacle, obstruct, traverse), ‏شوش (bedevil, befuddle, blanket, confuse, demoralize, derange, disarrange, dislocate, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, dizzy, embroil, fog, fuddle, garble, gum up, jam, jumble, mire, mix up, muddle, muddy, obfuscate, obscure, outface, parasite, perplex, perturb, rattle, ravel, scramble, smudge, unhinge, unsettle). (various references)

Bulgarian 

тежък багаж, кошница с капак, възпрепятствувам (forbid, incapacitate, inhibit, prohibit), обременявам (burden, cumber, encumber, load, lumber, overburden, saddle, weigh down, weight, weight down), затруднявам (beat, complicate, embarrass, encumber, hinder, nonplus, overwhelm, put out, stick, straiten, stump, trouble), препятствие (barrier, contrariety, dike, fence, hedge, hurdle, interference, jump, obstacle, obstruction, stop, stumbling block), препречване (interposal, interposition, obstruction). (various references)

Chinese 

笥 (trunk), 篮. (various references)

Czech

ztìžovat (hinder, impede, make difficult), překážka (balk, bar, barrier, blockage, fence, hazard, hindrance, holdback, hurdle, impediment, jump, obstacle, obstruction, resistance, restriction, roadblock, rub, snag, trig), překážet (get in the way, hinder, impede, interrupt, resist, restrain, stymie, tie up), koš (basket, bin, pannier), dárkový koš, brzdit (apply the brakes, backpedal, brake, hinder, impede). (various references)

Danish

tremmekurv (crate), tremmekasse (cattle crush, crate, crate with slatted sides and open tops, crush, holding crate), spånkurv (basket, chip basket). (various references)

Dutch

houten bakje (crate), verstoppen (block, clog, conceal, constipate, hide, hinder, impede, obstruct, plug up, stand in the way of, stop up), rugkorf, opstoppen (hinder, impede, obstruct, stand in the way of, stemming, tamping), obstructie voeren (hinder, impede, obstruct, stand in the way of), mand (basket, chip basket, creel), Container (container, container pot, flask), bemoeilijken (thwart), bemoeilýken (hinder, thwart), belemmeren (bar, bother, disturb, hinder, impede, inhibit, obstruct, oppose, prevent, stand in the way of, trouble). (various references)

Esperanto

obstrukci (hinder, impede, obstruct, stand in the way of), malfaciligi (hinder, thwart). (various references)

Faeroese

tippa (block, clog, hinder, impede, obstruct, plug up, stand in the way of, stop up), tarna (hinder, impede, obstruct, stand in the way of), tálma (hinder, impede, obstruct, stand in the way of), draga út (hinder, impede, obstruct, stand in the way of). (various references)

Farsi 

مختل کردن (Disarrange, Disorder, Disorganize, Queer, Unhinge, Violate), مانع شدن (Ail, Debar, Exclude, Hinder, Holdup, Impede, Inhibit, Obstruct, Obturate, Prevent, Rein, Resist, Revoke, Stop, Stymie, Suppress), قید (Adverb, Assurance, Bind, Bridle, Clog, Constraint, Encumbrance, Manacle, Proviso, Qualification, Reservation, Rocker, Shackle, Tie), ازکاربازداشتن . (various references)

Finnish

pärekori (basket, chip basket). (various references)

French

Panier. (various references)

German

hindern (bar, be a hindrance, be disturbing, debar, deter, hinder, impede, incapacitate, inhibit, obstruct, prevent, prohibit, stymie, to detain, to embarrass, to inhibit, to stymie), geschenkkorb, erschweren (aggravate, bedevil, hedge about, hedge around, hedge in, hedge round, hinder, impede, make more difficult, thwart, to aggravate). (various references)

Greek 

κάνιστρο μεταφοράς (basket, chip basket), κάλαθοσ (crate, pannier), κλούβα (crate, paddy wagon), καφάσι (crate, lattice, skep), καλάθι (basket, chip basket, cradle, crate, nacelle), κοφίνι (basket, crate, pannier), παρεμποδίζω (balk, block, encumber, hobble, inhibit, intercept, trammel), εμποδίζω (bar, block, clog, cross, cumber, deter, embarrass, encumber, handicap, hinder, impede, keep from, obstruct, preclude, prevent, stunt, stymie, thwart, to catch, to clench, trammel, trig). (various references)

Hebrew 

לשים מכשול (balk, baulk, obstruct), ל�"פריע (cut in, disturb, get in the way, hinder, interfere, interrupt, supervene). (various references)

Hungarian

piaci kosár, szennyestartó (linen pin). (various references)

Indonesian

merintangi (debar, embarrass, encumber, hinder, impede, incommode, obstruct), menghambat (hinder, impede, obstruct), keranjang (basket, creel). (various references)

Italian

impedire (arrest, baffle, bar, check, circumvent, clog, debar, detain, encumber, fetter, forestall, hinder, impede, inhibit, keep, obstruct, obviate, prevent, trammel). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

葛� (wicker clothes hamper). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

つづら (wicker clothes hamper). (various references)

Korean 

버�"�� 리. (various references)

Manx

lhiebeidjaghey. (various references)

Norwegian

hindre (encumber, hinder, impede, inhibit), hemme (inhibit), stor kurv. (various references)

Pig Latin

amperhay.(various references)

Portuguese

cesta (basket, chip basket, frail). (various references)

Romanian

handicapa (handicap, hinder), stânjeni (cumber, disturb, embarrass, encumber, hinder, impede, inconvenience, intrude upon, trouble), pachet cu alimente, geamantan de nuiele, frâna (arrest, check, curb, hinder, lock, put on the brake), coş (acne, basket, basketful, blackhead, cage, chest, chimney, creel, flue, grog-blossom, hopper, pannier, rising, smoke stack, spot, tidy, tilt), încurca (complicate, confound, confuse, cumber, discomfit, embrangle, embroil, entangle, floor, foul, gravel, hash, hinder, intertangle, involve, jumble, maze, medley, muddle, nonplus, perplex, pile up, pose, put out, puzzle, restrain, shuffle, sputter, stump, tangle, trouble), împiedica (arrest, back, balk, baulk, block, brake, check, circumvent, clog, delay, detain, deter, embarrass, encumber, forbid, foreclose, help, hinder, hitch, hobble, hold, hopple, impede, inhibit, intercept, lock, obstruct, prevent, put on the brakes, restrain, shackle, shut out, snag, stay, stop, trammel, withhold). (various references)

Russian 

тормозить (brake, damp, lock, skid, slow down), корзина с крышкой, мешать (be in the road, be in the way, come between, disturb, estop, get in smb.'s road, get in the way, head off, incommode, interfere, interfered, interfered with, interrupt, mix, obstruct, oppose, overslaugh, poke, preclude), затруднять (cumber, discommode, embarrass, encumber, obstruct, trouble). (various references)

Scottish

cliabh (a basket, basket, creel, man's), cìsean. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sputati (bind, cramp, fetter, hobble, hopple, tie, trammel), smetati (annoy, bother, disturb, hinder, impede, inconvenience, interfere with), korpa (basket, crib, pannier). (various references)

Spanish

dificultar (hinder, obstruct, thwart), canasta (basket, canasta, chip basket, crate, wicker). (various references)

Swedish

korg (basket, car, pad, pottle, spinner basket), hindra (balk, bar, baulk, clog, constrain, contain, cramp, cross, cumber, curb, detain, embarrass, encumber, forbid, foreclose, hamstring, hedge, hinder, impede, inhibit, interfere with, keep back, obstruct, occlude, preclude, prevent, put back, short circuit, snag, stay, stymie, trammel, traverse). (various references)

Thai

ทำให้หยุ�"ชะงัก. (various references)

Turkish

zorluk çıkarmak (demur, fash, make it warm for smb.), sepet (basket, scuttle, skep), piknik sepeti, kapaklı sepet, köstek olmak (fetter, shackle), engellemek (balk, bar, baulk, block, circumvent, clamp the lid on smth., clog, counterwork, cramp, Crimp, cross, cumber, dam, dam up, defeat, embarrass, encumber, fetter, foil, gum up, hedge, hedge about, hedge around, hinder, hobble, impede, inhibit, keep down, keep from, obstruct, preclude, prevent from, put the lid on smth., resist, restrain, save, shut out, snag, stem, stymie, surety, trammel), engel olmak (baffle, balk, be in smb.'s road, bind, blanket, clip one's wings, debar, encumber, estop, forbid, frustrate, handicap, hinder, intercept, interfere with, militate against, Nix, obstruct, oppose, prevent, prohibit, put a spoke in smb.'s wheel, put a stay on, put back, put off, scotch, shackle, thwart), aksatmak (bar, bother, cast a damp over, disturb, hamstring, hinder, inhibit, limp, make limp, paralyse, paralyze, prevent, trouble). (various references)

Ukranian 

укладати в кошик, великий плетений кошик. (various references)

Welsh

cawell (basket, cradle), balleg (net, purse). (various references)

cofini, cofinis, cofino, cofinos, ero, erodionem, eroque, inpediantur, inpediaris, inpedias, inpediat, inpediatur, inpediebar, inpediret, inpedit, inpeditus, inpedivit, sporta, sportas. (various references)

hanepier. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "hamper": hampered, hamperer, hamperers, hampering, hampers. (additional references)

Words ending with "hamper": champer. (additional references)

Words containing "hamper": champers, champerties, champertous, champerty, unhampered. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Hamper" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ahmer, Amper, champery, Ghaamprh, Haimbe, Haimer, Halpert, hambre, Hambrey, hamner, hampaerd, Hampas, hampen, Hampi, hampre, haner, happer, hempe, hemper, Hesper, Himler, humper, shamper. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: harem, herma, raphe, remap.

-2 letters: ahem, aper, epha, haem, hame, hare, harm, harp, heap, hear, hemp, herm, mare, pare, pear, perm, pram, ramp, rape, ream, reap, rhea.

-3 letters: amp, ape, are, arm, ear, era, hae, ham, hap, hem, hep, her, mae, map, mar, pah, pam, par, pea, peh, per, rah, ram, rap, rem, rep.

-4 letters: ae, ah, am, ar, eh, em, er, ha, he, hm, ma, me, pa, pe, re.

+1 letter: champer, hampers.

+2 letters: amphorae, camphire, champers, ephemera, grapheme, hampered, hamperer, metaphor, prehuman, samphire, seraphim, teraphim.

+3 letters: camphires, champerty, ephemerae, ephemeral, ephemeras, epiphragm, graphemes, graphemic, hamperers, hampering, harumphed, hyperemia, hypergamy, marchpane, metaphors, misphrase, pachyderm, parchment, prehumans, samphires, semaphore, seraphims, shampooer.

+4 letters: alphameric, amphimacer, amphoteric, anemograph, atmosphere, blasphemer, camphorate, demography, ephemerals, epiphragms, gramophone, graphemics, harrumphed, hemipteran, heptameter, hermatypic, homopteran, hyperemias, hypermania, hypermanic, hypermedia, hypodermal, macrophage, macrophyte, marchpanes, mastership, metaphoric, metaphrase, microphage, mimeograph, misphrased, misphrases, pachyderms, parchments, parenchyma, phanerogam, pharmacies, pheromonal, phlebogram, preachment, reemphases, reemphasis, semaphored, semaphores, shampooers, shipmaster, superhuman, supermacho, unhampered.

+5 letters: allelomorph, amphimacers, anemographs, apomorphine, atmosphered, atmospheres, atmospheric, blasphemers, camphorated, camphorates, champerties, champertous, comradeship, demographer, demographic, ephemerally, foremanship, gametophore, gramophones, hemipterans, heptameters, homopterans, hymenoptera, hypergamies, hypermanias, hypermarket, hypermedias, hypermnesia, hypothermal, hypothermia, lamplighter, macrophages, macrophytes, managership, masterships, melanophore, metamorphic, metanephric, metanephroi, metanephros, metaphrases, microphages, mimeographs, misanthrope, monographed, pamphleteer, parenchymal, parenchymas, phanerogams, phlebograms, phrasemaker, pneumograph, preachments, prefreshman, primateship, reemphasize, seismograph, semaphoring, shipmasters, spermatheca, supermachos, sympathizer, thermograph.

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