hamper

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Wikipedia

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Noun 1.1.1.1 Translations 1.1.2 Verb 1.1.2.1 Translations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2.2 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

Contracted from Anglo-French hanaper, itself from Old French hanepier (“‘case for holding a large goblet or cup’”), from hanap (“‘goblet’”), from Frank.

[edit] Noun

hamper (plural hampers)

1. A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals; as,
   • a hamper of wine
   • a clothes hamper
   • an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to hamper (third-person singular simple present hampers, present participle hampering, simple past and past participle hampered)

1. (transitive) To put into a hamper.

   Competition pigeons are hampered for the truck trip to the point of release where the race back starts

[edit] Translations

[edit] Etymology 2

Old English hamperen, hampren, probably of the same origin as English hamble

[edit] Verb

to hamper (third-person singular simple present hampers, present participle hampering, simple past and past participle hampered)

1. (transitive) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to ensnare; to inveigle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber.
   • Blackmore:

     Hampered nerves.

   • Roger L'Estrange:

     A lion hampered in a net.

   • John Tillotson:

     They hamper and entangle our souls.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Noun

hamper (plural hampers)

1. A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
2. (nautical) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.

[edit] Derived terms

• Top hamper, (Nautical): unnecessary spars and rigging kept aloft.

[edit] Translations