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verb

Tamp v. t. (past & past part. tamped; pres. part. tamping)

In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected.

To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.

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Etymology of 'Tamp'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Tamp" Quotes from Famous Books

... in Doctor Lambert's office. He watched the lean, graying psychologist turn off the tape recorder, watched him methodically tamp ...

— Sound of Terror • Don Berry

... were merely nailed upon the ends of the broom handle; but this method was insecure. The others were made with holes in the centre of the boards of the same diameter as the handles. These sticks were used to tamp the soil or spank it down. But on the day when an old farmer, stopping to watch the work, offered his roller, there was great rejoicing. Between classes, during recesses and at any odd time the slope ...

— The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. • Ellen Eddy Shaw

... my fill and my belt is snug, I begin to think of my baccy plug. I whittle a fill in my horny palm, And the bowl of me old clay pipe I cram. I trim the edges, I tamp it down, I nurse a light with an anxious frown; I begin to draw, and my cheeks tuck in, And all my face is a blissful grin; And up in a cloud the good smoke goes, And the good pipe glimmers and fades and glows; In its throat it chuckles ...

— Rhymes of a Red Cross Man • Robert W. Service