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Tamp

Definitions: Tamp

Tamp

Noun

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

Verb

1. Press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso".

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

Note: Tamp \Tamp\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Tamped; present participle verb or noun Tamping.]. (Websters 1913)



Specialty Definitions: Tamp

DomainDefinitions

Building & Civil Engineering

To render a material compact by pressure after it has deposited or disturbed. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A. To tightly pack a drilled hole with moist, loose material after the charge has been placed b. To fill a charged shothole with clay or other stemming material to confine the force of the explosion. See also:stemming c. To ram or pound down ballast on a railway track, or road metal. (references)

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

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Synonyms: Tamp

Synonyms: tamper (n), pack (v), tamp down (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Tamp

English words defined with "tamp": tamp down, Tamped, Tamping. (references)
Specialty definitions using "tamp": blasting needleDUMPER-BAILER OPERATORform tamper, FORM-TAMPER OPERATOR, form-tamping-machine operatorMAINTENANCE WORKER, MUNICIPALPOWDER LOADERtamping pole, tamping-machine operator, road forms, TRACER-BULLET-CHARGING-MACHINE OPERATOR. (references)
Etymologies containing "tamp": tampion. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Tamp" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Swedish (fag end).

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Usage Frequency: Tamp

"Tamp" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 54.55% of the time. "Tamp" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (base form)54.55%6143,867
Lexical Verb (infinitive)36.36%4175,879
Unclassified Items9.09%1339,140
                    Total100.00%11N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Tamp

Expressions using "tamp": tamp down tamp in. Additional references.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Tamp

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

tamp

25

tamp tribune

4

tamp bay devil ray

3

stamp tamp

2

bone inflatable kyphx tamp

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Tamp

Language Translations for "tamp"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

rras (Bury, clap, clench, cram, crib, fling, huddle, jam, pop, ram, stuff, thrust, vice), ngjesh (clench, compact, compress, gird on the sword, huddle, jam, jostle, masticate, mix, pack, ram down, squeeze). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏كوم (accumulate, amass, bank, heap, heap up, hill up, jam, lumber, pile, pile up, rake, scrape, stack, stick, tumble), ‏حشا (beef up, cake, cram, jam, load, pack, pad, poke, quilt, ram, stuff, tampon, wad), ‏سد (bar, barrage, block, bung, clog, close, close up, congest, dam, dike, dyke, embankment, fill, floodgate, foul, lock, mure, obturate, obturation, occlude, occlusion, pack, plug, seal, shut, stem, stop, stop up, stuff, wad, weir), ‏دك (bench, demolish, demolition, plaster, unbuild). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

трамбовам (beetle, ram), натъпквам (bulge, bung, compress, cram, crush, fill in, imbed, impact, jam, lumber, pack, pack in, pump in, ram, stuff). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(Tamped). (various references)

   

Danish

  

stampe jorden (to tamp the soil), stampe (to pun, to ram, to tamp), støde (push, thrust, to butt, to pun, to ram, to tamp), ramme (baseboard, bent, frame, framework, framing, outline, portal, raster, to pun, to ram, to tamp, tool framework, tubular support stays). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

heien. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

سوراخی راباشن وغیره پرکردن , باضربات متوالی بالایاپاءین راندن . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

survoa (crush, pound, to pun, to ram, to tamp), sulloa (bundle, cram, pack, stuff, to pun, to ram, to tamp). (various references)

   

French

  

tasser, damer (to tamp). (various references)

   

German

  

rammen (drive against, driving, foul, ram, to drive against, to pun, to ram, to tamp), einrammen (batter down, batter in, ram down, ram in). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

στουπώνω (wad), πατικώνω (compress), εμπήγω (impact, infix, jab, pitch, ram, thrust). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ל"חוס (compress, condense, cram, crowd, jam, stuff, supercharge, wedge), לבטש. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

ledöngöl (to ram down, to tamp). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

memadatkan (compress, solidify). (various references)

   

Italian

  

pigiare (crush, jam, pack, press, push, ram, rush, tread). (various references)

   

Manx

  

plooghey (asphyxia, asthma, choke, choking, congest, congestion, cushion, fugginess, glut, inundate, inundation, muffle, restrain, smother, smothering, stifle, suffocate, suffocation). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

amptay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

socar (box, buffet, crush, cuff, fist, pound, soak, sock, thump), pisar (bruise, chunk, contuse, crush, meal, override, pound, ram, step, step on, trample, trample on, tread), embuchar, carregar (bear, burden, carry, carrying, charge, convey, download, freight, heap, Lade, load, shot, Stoke, tote, wear), apertar (belay, belt, brace, clamp, clamping, clasp, clip, clutch, constrain, constrict, grasp, grip, jam, mount, narrow, nip, oppress, pinch, press, ram, run, screw, set, set up, squeeze, tighten, to fasten, wring). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

набивать (cram, wad). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

tamponirati, začepiti (block, clog, cork, gag, obturate, occlude, plug). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

atacar (arraign, assail, assault, attack, bite, charge, come at, commit aggression, drive, engage, get at, go for, go in, gun, light into, pitch into, plough into, prey, raid, sail into, set about, set on, set upon, sick, slash, strike, stuff, tackle, tamp down, tamp in, walk in), apisonar (ram, roll, tamp down, tamp in), afirmar (affirm, assert, asseverate, attach, aver, avouch, belay, clamp, contend, declare, fasten, fortify, insure, lay down, predicate, say, tack down, tamp down, tamp in). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

packa till. (various references)

   

Thai

  

อุ", ตอก (hammer, ram). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

bastırıp sıkıştırmak, çamurla tıkamak. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

трамбувати (beetle, ram), набивати. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Tamp

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

calca, calcabant, calcabatur, calcabis, calcabit, calcabitis, calcabitur, calcabunt, calcandi, calcant, calcantes, calcantibus, calcantium, calcare, calcat, calcator, calcatur, calcatus, calcaverit, calcaverunt, calcavi, calcavit, calces, calcet. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Tamp

Derivations

Words beginning with "tamp": tampala, tampalas, tampan, tampans, tamped, tamper, tampered, tamperer, tamperers, tampering, tamperproof, tampers, tamping, tampion, tampions, tampon, tamponed, tamponing, tampons, tamps. (additional references)

Words ending with "tamp": prestamp, restamp, stamp. (additional references)

Words containing "tamp": postamputation, prestamped, prestamping, prestamps, restamped, restamping, restamps, stamped, stampede, stampeded, stampeder, stampeders, stampedes, stampeding, stamper, stampers, stamping, stampless, stamps. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Tamp" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: atemp, taam, taip, tamb, tami, tammi, Tamo, Tampopo, tamt, tamu, tao, tapf, taph, taum, taup, tawm, tbam, timj, timop, timp, tmp, tpamp, tqm, tsampo, tumpy, tvam, tzampa. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Tamp"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "tamp" (pronounced ta"mp)
4t a" m pstamp.
3-a" m pamp, camp, champ, clamp, cramp, damp, decamp, encamp, Gamp, lamp, ramp, revamp, samp, tramp, unclamp, vamp.

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

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Anagrams: Tamp

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-m-p-t"

-1 letter: amp, apt, map, mat, pam, pat, tam, tap.

-2 letters: am, at, ma, pa, ta.

 Words containing the letters "a-m-p-t"
 

+1 letter: stamp, tamps, tramp.

 

+2 letters: armpit, impact, impart, metepa, optima, pitman, potman, stamps, tampan, tamped, tamper, tampon, tramps, tympan.

 

+3 letters: amplest, amputee, apomict, apothem, armpits, attempt, baptism, compact, compart, crampit, dampest, empathy, impacts, impaint, imparts, impaste, impasto, implant, maintop, mantrap, marplot, matchup, metepas, metopae, mispart, optimal, palmate, palmist, pantoum, pastime, patamar, payment, phantom, pitmans, plumate, pomatum, postman, potamic, primate, ptomain, putamen, rampant, rampart, restamp, stamped, stamper, tampala, tampans, tampers, tamping, tampion, tampons, tapetum, taproom, tempera, templar, tempura, timpana, timpani, timpano, topmast, tramped, tramper, trample, tympana, tympani, tympano, tympans, tympany.

 

+4 letters: amputate, amputees, apomicts, apothegm, apothems, apterium, atropism, attemper, attempts, baptisms, campiest, campsite, compacts, comparts, compleat, copemate, crampits, diplomat, dumpcart, empathic, emphatic, helpmate, hepatoma, impacted, impacter, impactor, impaints, imparity, imparted, imparter, impasted, impastes, impastos, implants, lamppost, lipomata, maintops, malapert, mantraps, marplots, matchups, mateship, mercapto, metaphor, misadapt, mispaint, misparts, mispatch, misplant, myopathy, palmated, palmette, palmetto, palmiest, palmists, palmitin, pamphlet, pantoums, parament, pastimes, pastrami, pastromi, patagium, patamars, pattamar, pavement, payments, permeant, permeate, phantasm, phantoms, photomap, pitchman, pivotman, plastrum, platform, platinum, playmate, playtime, pointman, polymath, pomatums, postgame, postmark, preadmit, prestamp, primatal, primates, protamin, psalmist, psammite, ptomaine, ptomains, ptyalism, putamina, ramparts, restamps, shipmate, stampede, stampers, stamping, stepdame, stumpage, sympathy, sympatry, taillamp, tampalas, tampered, tamperer, tampions, tamponed, tapeworm, taprooms, temperas, templars, template, temporal, tempuras, teraphim, timpanum, topmasts, trampers, tramping, trampish, trampled, trampler, tramples, tympanal, tympanic, tympanum, upmarket, upstream.

 

+5 letters: ambrotype, ametropia, ametropic, amplitude, amputated, amputates, apartment, apomictic, apothegms, aspartame, asphaltum, assumpsit, asymptote, atemporal, atropisms, attempers, attempted, baptismal, campcraft, campsites, capitulum, cataplasm, champerty, compacted, compacter, compactly, compactor, comparted, complaint, compliant, copayment, copemates, cryptogam, cytoplasm, diplomata, diplomate, diplomats, dumpcarts, eclamptic, ectoplasm, empathies, empathise, empathize, empyemata, helpmates, hepatomas, homeopath, impacters, impacting, impaction, impactive, impactors, impainted, imparters, impartial, imparting, impasting, impastoed, impatiens, impatient, imperator, impetrate, implanted, implanter, implicate, important, imprecate, imputable, lamplight, lampposts, lymphatic, malaperts, mateships, mercaptan, metacarpi, metaphase, metaphors, misadapts, mispaints, misparted, misplants, mousetrap, mouthpart, multipage, multipart, multipath, myopathic, nameplate, nonimpact, optimally, palmately, palmation, palmettes, palmettos, palmistry, palmitate, palmitins, pamphlets, panmictic, pantheism, pantomime, pantryman, pantrymen, paramenta, paraments, parameter, paramount, parchment, pastramis, pastromis, patrimony, patrolman, patrolmen, pattamars, pavements, paymaster, peacetime, pegmatite, pentagram, penultima, permanent, permeated, permeates, phantasma, phantasms, photogram, photomaps, photomask, pictogram, placement, plantsman, plantsmen, plasmatic, plastrums, platforms, platinums, playmates, playtimes, pneumatic, polymaths, polymathy, postmarks, potassium, practicum, pragmatic, preadmits, preatomic, preformat, premarket, premature, prestamps, primality, primatals, primatial, prismatic, privatism, prosomata, prostomia, protamine, protamins, protonema, proximate, psalmists, psammites, ptarmigan, ptomaines, ptyalisms, pulmonate, rampantly, ramparted, reattempt, rebaptism, reimplant, repayment, restamped, septarium, shipmates, simpatico, spearmint, spermatia, spermatic, spermatid, sportsman, spymaster, stampeded, stampeder, stampedes, stampless, steamship, stepdames, stumpages, sumptuary, swampiest, sympathin, sympatric, sympetaly, taillamps, tamperers, tampering, tamponing, tapeworms, taphonomy, temperate, templates, temporals, temporary, temptable, timpanist, timpanums, tramplers, trampling, trapezium, treponema, triumphal, tympanies, tympanist, tympanums.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Tamp


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 61 6D 70

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-    .-    --    .--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01100001 01101101 01110000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#97 &#109 &#112

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0061 006D 0070

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54677982

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Translations: Ancient
9. Derivations
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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