damper

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Adjective 1.4 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Noun 2.1.1.1 Inflection 2.1.1.2 Synonyms 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

to damp + -er

[edit] Noun

damper (plural dampers)

1. That which damps or checks; as:

   (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air.

   (b) A contrivance (sordine), as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.

   (c) Something that kills the mood

   (d) A device that decreases the oscillations of a system.

   Quotations

   • Nor did Sabrina's presence seem to act as any damper at the modest little festivities. - W. Black

2. (Australian) Bread made from a basic recipe of flour, water, milk, and salt: but without yeast.

   1827: The farm-men usually bake their flour into flat cakes, which they call dampers, and cook these in the ashes. — Peter Cunningham, Two Years in New South Wales, ii.190. Quoted in G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, 1978, ISBN 0-424-00034-2.

[edit] Translations

• Dutch: dampkap f. (1a), afzuigkap f. (1a), demper m. (1b), domper m. (1c)

[edit] Adjective

damper

1. Comparative form of damp: more damp.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: adempr
• ramped

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology 1

A calque of the English steamer.

[edit] Noun

damper c. (singular definite damperen, plural indefinite dampere)

1. steamer, steamboat, steamship

[edit] Inflection

[edit] Synonyms

• dampskib

[edit] Etymology 2

See dampe.

[edit] Verb

damper

1. Present of dampe.