English Explanatory Dictionary

tamper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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. To involve oneself (in a plot, scheme, etc.).
  5. 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.

Pronunciation

/ˈtæm.pə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tamper.wav

Word forms

tamper tampers tampering tampered

Etymology

From tamp + -er.

Synonyms

ballast tamper tamping machine interfere debauch lead astray seduce adulterate corrupt demoralize detort file immoralize pervert pollute preposterate sophisticate suborn subvert tamper unmoralize vitiate warp tap up

Related words

damper

Derived words

antitamper antitampering tamperable tamperer tamper-evident tamperproof untampered witness tampering

Translations

Bulgarian: трамбовчик German: Stampfer Polish: ubijacz Polish: ubijaczka
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