tamper

Meaning

Noun

1. A person or thing that tamps.
2. A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.
3. A railway vehicle used to tamp down ballast.
4. An envelope of neutron-reflecting material in a nuclear weapon, used to delay the expansion of the reacting material and thus produce a longer-lasting and more energetic explosion.

Verb

1. To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).
2. To try to influence someone, usually in an illegal or devious way; to try to deal (with someone).
3. To meddle (with something) in order to corrupt or pervert it.
4. (obsolete) To involve oneself (in a plot, scheme, etc.).
5. (obsolete) To attempt to practise or administer something (especially medicine) without sufficient knowledge or qualifications.
6. To discuss future contracts with a player, against league rules.

Synonyms

meddle

fiddle

tamping bar

interfere

rammer

monkey

🐒

twiddle

compactor

tamp

imperil

intervene

jeopardise

junta

modify

overlap

pestle

potter

projectile

ram

🐏

rig

stack

stamper

touch

tramper

doctor up

punner

machine rammer

collapsing liner

tamping machine

rammer compactor

sand rammer

vibrating tamper

tamping tool

adulterate

ground compressor

alter

change

compromise

dabble

doctor

🧑‍⚕️

engage

finger

fudge

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtæm.pə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From tamp + -er.