tamper

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈtæm.pə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"t{m.p@(r\)/

Etymology 1

a railway ballast tamper

tamp +‎ -er

Noun

tamper (plural tampers)

1. A person or thing that tamps.
2. A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.

Translations

person or thing that tamps

pipe tool

• French: tasse-braise (fr) m

• Russian: пест (ru) (pest) m

Etymology 2

From Middle French temprer (“to temper, mix, meddle”)

Verb

tamper (third-person singular simple present tampers, present participle tampering, simple past and past participle tampered)

1. (intransitive) To alter by making unauthorized changes; to meddle.
2. (in professional sports) To discuss future contracts against league rules with a player.

Translations

alter by making unauthorized changes

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亂動 (cmn), 乱动 (cmn) (luàndòng)

• Danish: snyde (da)
• Dutch: prutsen (nl) met (nl), manipuleren (nl)
• Finnish: sormeilla (fi), peukaloida (fi), kajota (fi)
• French: altérer (fr), compromettre (fr), trafiquer (fr), (colloquial) bidouiller (fr), tripoter (fr)
• German: einmischen (de), fälschen (de)
• Icelandic: eiga við, fikta, fikta í

• Italian: manomettere (it)
• Japanese: 弄くる (ja) (いじくる, ijikuru), 弄る (ja) (いじる, ijiru)
• Portuguese: adulterar (pt)
• Russian: портить (ru) (pórtitʹ) (spoil), искажать (ru) (iskažátʹ) (distort), фальсифицировать (ru) (falʹsificírovatʹ) (forge), подделывать (ru) (poddélyvatʹ) (forge), наносить ущерб (ru) (nanosítʹ uščérb) (cause damage), возиться (ru) (vozítʹsja) (fiddle)
• Serbo-Croatian: falsificirati (sh), manipulirati (sh), krivotvoriti (sh)
• Spanish: alterar (es), manipular (es)
• Turkish: hile karıştırmak (tr), karıştırmak (tr), rüşvetle kandırmak (tr)

(sports) to discuss future contracts