tamp

See also: tâmp

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæmp/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æmp

Etymology 1

Probably a back-formation from tampin (misinterpreted as tamping), a variant of tampion.

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.

   • 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:

     Typically for the 'get-on-with-it' era, the railway and military worked like demons to restore the vital rail link. The crater was rapidly filled in and the earth tamped solid, the wreckage was removed by breakdown trains, new rails and sleepers were rushed forward by willing hands, and US Army bulldozers piled in. By 2020 on the same day, both tracks were open for traffic again where there had been a gaping pit just hours before.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• tamp down
• tamper
• tamping iron
• tamping rod

Related terms

• tampon
• tamper

Translations

plug up with clay or other material

• Bulgarian: натъпквам (bg) (natǎpkvam)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: ucpat pf
• Finnish: tulpata (fi)
• German: verstopfen (de), zustopfen (de), stopfen (de), verblocken, verstemmen
• Irish: calc
• Italian: borrare
• Russian: заби́ть (ru) pf (zabítʹ)

pack down

• Bulgarian: набивам (bg) (nabivam), трамбовам (trambovam)
• 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), festklopfen (de)
• 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: трамбова́ть (ru) impf (trambovátʹ)
• Spanish: apisonar (es)

To reduce the intensity of

• Czech: zmírnit pf
• German: reduzieren (de), dämpfen (de), mindern (de), abschwächen (de), herunterfahren (de), unterdrücken (de)

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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} apisonar (es)

Etymology 2

Perhaps confusion with damp.

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To reduce the intensity of.
   • 2013, Kristina McMorris, The Pieces We Keep:

     A single thought tamped her outrage: the chance that Meredith wasn't alone in her suspicions.

   • 2014, Christy Carlyle, Scandalous Wager:

     Whatever doubts she struggled with, they hadn't tamped her hunger for him.

   • 2017, Ari Thatcher, Loving Her Alphas:

     A small bit of relief tamped her initial trepidation.

   • 2020, Jessie Gussman, An Amish Sanctuary:

     Lucy bit the inside of her cheek and tamped her anger down.

Danish

Etymology

Unknown, but compare Dutch tamp, Swedish tamp.

Noun

tamp

1. the (free) end of a rope

Derived terms

• tampen brænder (“getting hotter”)

Dutch

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *dewmbʰ- (“penis, tail, rod”), and cognate with German Zumpf (“penis”), Persian دنب (donb, “tail”), and perhaps Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“top”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑmp/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: tamp
• Rhymes: -ɑmp

Noun

tamp m (plural tampen, diminutive tampje n)

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

   Synonym: penis

Derived terms

• tampeloeres

Swedish

Etymology

Likely from Dutch tamp.

Noun

tamp c

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

Declension

Declension of tamp

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tamp	tamps
	definite	tampen	tampens
plural	indefinite	tampar	tampars
	definite	tamparna	tamparnas

Further reading

• tamp in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• tamp in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• tamp in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)