hamper

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English

A selection of wicker hampers.

An outline of a hamper.

Etymology 1

From Middle English hamper, contracted from hanaper, hanypere, from Anglo-Norman hanaper, itself from Old French hanapier, hanepier (“case for holding a large goblet or cup”), from hanap (“goblet, drinking cup”), from Old Frankish *hnapp (“cup, bowl, basin”), from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz (“cup, bowl”). Cognate with Old High German hnapf (“cup, bowl, basin”) (German Napf (“bowl”)), Dutch nap (“cup”), Old English hnæpp (“bowl”).

Alternative forms

• hampire

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

Translations

large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles

Armenian: զամբյուղ (hy) (zambyuġ), կողով (hy) (koġov) Dutch: korf, mand m., pakmand m., sluitmand m., wasmand m. Esperanto: korbo (eo) Finnish: kori (fi)

Portuguese: balaio (pt), cesto grande (pt) Russian: корзина (ru) f. Spanish: cesta (es) f., canasta (es) f.

Verb

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

Translations

To put into a hamper

Dutch: inkorven

Finnish: panna (fi) koriin (fi)

Etymology 2

From Middle English hamperen, hampren (“to hamper, oppress”), probably of the same origin as English hamble (“to limp”), Scots hamp (“to halt in walking, stutter”), Dutch haperen (“to falter, hesitate”). More at hamble.

Verb

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.

Translations

To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to ensnare; to inveigle

Dutch: blokkeren (nl) Esperanto: malhelpi (eo) Estonian: takistama (et), segama (et) Finnish: haitata (fi), vaikeuttaa (fi), estää (fi)

Portuguese: impedir (pt), estorvar (pt), obstruir (pt) Russian: затруднять (ru) Spanish: estorbar, obstaculizar

Noun

hamper (plural hampers)

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

Derived terms

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

Translations

anything which impedes

Dutch: hindernis, beletsel n., obstakel n., struikelblok n. Finnish: este (fi), pidäke (fi)

German: Hindernis (de) n.

articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times

Dutch: waarloos

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French: obstacle m.