tamp

Meaning

1. To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock.
2. To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes

Synonyms

tamp down

ram

🐏

pack

stuff

stop

🛑

clog

block

choke

congest

fill

plug

pound

💷

stopper

stop up

jab

tamping bar

jam

compress

tamper

thrust

pound down

cram

insert

knock

level

nudge

bump into

pitch

beat

poke

press

prod

beetle

🪲

ram down

rammer

reduce

solidify

crush

press down on

build roof

stow

beat down

surcharge

trample

wad

compact

condense

make even

constrict

squeeze

Translations

damer

👸

apisonar

zustopfen

verstoppen

tapar

dichten

stoppen

🛑

pfropfen

sargir

stopfen

verstopfen

atapeir

obstruir

dichtmaken

toestoppen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tæmp/

Etymology

Probably a back-formation from tampin (misinterpreted as tamping), a variant of tampion.