tamp

See also: tâmp

English

Etymology

Probably related to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French tamponner (“to plug or stop”). See tampion.

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæmp/

Verb

tamp (third-person singular simple present tamps, present participle tamping, simple past and past participle tamped)

2. (blasting) To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock.
3. To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes

   Tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.

5. (sexual intercourse) To have the active role during sexual intercourse.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• tamp down
• tamper

• tamping iron
• tamping rod

Translations

plug up with clay or other material

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 搗固／捣固 (zh) (dǎogù), 捣固 (zh) (dǎogù), 夯實／夯实 (zh) (hāngshí), 夯实 (zh) (hāngshí)

• Finnish: tulpata (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: verstopfen (de), zustopfen (de), stopfen (de)
• Italian: borrare

pack down

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 填塞 (zh) (tiánsè)

• Czech: udusat pf
• Finnish: tampata (fi)
• French: tasser (fr), compacter (fr)
• German: stampfen (de), verdichten (de), stopfen (de), pressen (de), zusammenpressen (de), rütteln (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: πατικώνω (el) (patikóno)
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: ubijać (pl) impf, ubić (pl) pf
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: apisonar (es)

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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} apisonar (es)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

• tampon

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

tamp m (plural tampen, diminutive tampje n)

1. (nautical) the end of a rope or chain
2. (slang) penis

Derived terms

• tampeloeres

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Swedish

Noun

tamp c

1. The end, or end piece, of a rope

Declension

Declension of tamp
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tamp	tampen	tampar	tamparna
Genitive	tamps	tampens	tampars	tamparnas