Tamper — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)

play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tˈæmpɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/tˈampə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tˈampə/

2 syllables Say it as /tˈæmpɚ/.

Examples

Someone tampered with the documents on my desk
The reporter fiddle with the facts
Don't meddle in my affairs!

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

fiddle tamp meddle monkey tamping bar

Parts of Speech

noun	a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
verb	play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly “Someone tampered with the documents on my desk”
verb	intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly “Don't meddle in my affairs!”

Word Forms

tamp	verb	press down tightly
monkey	noun	one who is playfully mischievous
meddler	noun	an officious annoying person who interferes with others
meddling	noun	the act of altering something secretly or improperly
tampering	noun	the act of altering something secretly or improperly

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Manipulation

ein Werkzeug zum Stopfen (z. B. zum Stopfen von Tabak in einen Pfeifenkopf oder einer Ladung in ein Bohrloch usw.)

🇫🇷French

altérer

un outil de bourrage (par exemple, pour tasser du tabac dans un fourneau de pipe ou une charge dans un trou de forage, etc.)

🇪🇸Spanish

manosear

una herramienta para apisonar (por ejemplo, para apisonar tabaco en una pipa o una carga en un taladro, etc.)

🇮🇹Italian

manomettere

uno strumento per pressare (ad esempio, per pressare il tabacco in un fornello per pipa o una carica in un foro, ecc.)

🇳🇱Dutch

knoeien

een hulpmiddel voor het aanstampen (bijvoorbeeld voor het aanstampen van tabak in een pijpenkop of een lading in een boorgat enz.)

🇵🇹Portuguese

adulterar

uma ferramenta para compactar (por exemplo, para compactar tabaco em um cachimbo ou uma carga em um furo, etc.)

🇷🇺Russian

вмешиваться

инструмент для трамбовки (например, для трамбовки табака в чашу трубки или шихты в просверленное отверстие и т.п.)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

छेड़छाड़

टैंपिंग के लिए एक उपकरण (उदाहरण के लिए, पाइप के कटोरे में तंबाकू को टैंप करने के लिए या ड्रिल छेद आदि में चार्ज करने के लिए)

🇧🇩Bengali

টেম্পার

ট্যাম্পিংয়ের জন্য একটি টুল (যেমন, একটি পাইপের বাটিতে তামাক টেম্প করার জন্য বা একটি ড্রিল গর্তে চার্জ করা ইত্যাদি)

🇮🇳Tamil

கலப்படம்

தட்டுவதற்கான ஒரு கருவி (எ.கா., ஒரு குழாய் கிண்ணத்தில் புகையிலையை ஒட்டுவதற்கு அல்லது ஒரு துளை துளைக்குள் கட்டணம் செலுத்துதல் போன்றவை)

🇮🇳Telugu

తారుమారు

ట్యాంపింగ్ కోసం ఒక సాధనం (ఉదా., పైపు గిన్నెలోకి పొగాకును ట్యాంప్ చేయడం లేదా డ్రిల్ హోల్‌లోకి ఛార్జ్ చేయడం మొదలైనవి)

🇮🇳Marathi

छेडछाड

छेडछाड करण्याचे साधन (उदा., पाईपच्या भांड्यात तंबाखूची छेडछाड करणे किंवा ड्रिल होलमध्ये चार्ज करणे इ.)

🇮🇳Gujarati

છેડછાડ

ટેમ્પિંગ માટેનું એક સાધન (દા.ત., પાઇપ બાઉલમાં તમાકુને ટેમ્પ કરવા માટે અથવા ડ્રિલ હોલમાં ચાર્જ કરવા માટે વગેરે)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಟ್ಯಾಂಪರ್

ಟ್ಯಾಂಪಿಂಗ್ ಮಾಡುವ ಸಾಧನ (ಉದಾಹರಣೆಗೆ, ತಂಬಾಕನ್ನು ಪೈಪ್ ಬೌಲ್‌ಗೆ ಟ್ಯಾಂಪಿಂಗ್ ಮಾಡಲು ಅಥವಾ ಡ್ರಿಲ್ ಹೋಲ್‌ಗೆ ಚಾರ್ಜ್ ಮಾಡಲು ಇತ್ಯಾದಿ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

കൃത്രിമം

ടാമ്പിങ്ങിനുള്ള ഒരു ഉപകരണം (ഉദാ. പുകയില ഒരു പൈപ്പ് ബൗളിലേക്ക് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഒരു ഡ്രിൽ ഹോളിലേക്ക് ചാർജുചെയ്യുന്നതിന് മുതലായവ)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਛੇੜਛਾੜ

ਟੈਂਪਿੰਗ ਲਈ ਇੱਕ ਟੂਲ (ਉਦਾਹਰਨ ਲਈ, ਇੱਕ ਪਾਈਪ ਦੇ ਕਟੋਰੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਤੰਬਾਕੂ ਨੂੰ ਟੈਂਪ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਜਾਂ ਇੱਕ ਡ੍ਰਿਲ ਹੋਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਚਾਰਜ ਕਰਨਾ ਆਦਿ)

🇵🇰Urdu

چھیڑ چھاڑ

چھیڑ چھاڑ کا آلہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

篡改

用于捣实的工具（例如，用于将烟草捣实到烟斗碗中或将装料压入钻孔等）

🇯🇵Japanese

改ざん

突き固めるための道具（例えば、タバコをパイプボウルに突き固めたり、薬をドリル穴に詰め込んだりするためのものなど）

🇰🇷Korean

조작하다

탬핑용 도구(예: 담배를 파이프 그릇에 탬핑하거나 담배를 드릴 구멍에 탬핑하는 데 사용)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

làm xáo trộn

một dụng cụ để nhét thuốc lá (ví dụ, để nhét thuốc lá vào tẩu thuốc hoặc nạp điện vào lỗ khoan, v.v.)

🇹🇭Thai

การงัดแงะ

เครื่องมือสำหรับแทม (เช่น แทมยาสูบลงในโถไปป์ หรือใส่ลงในรูเจาะ เป็นต้น)

🇮🇩Indonesian

merusak

alat untuk memadatkan (misalnya, untuk memasukkan tembakau ke dalam mangkuk pipa atau memasukkan muatan ke dalam lubang bor, dll.)

🇵🇭Filipino

pakialaman

isang tool para sa tamping (hal., para sa pag-tamp ng tabako sa isang pipe bowl o isang charge sa isang drill hole atbp.)

🇲🇾Malay

mengusik

alat untuk tamping (cth., untuk tamping tembakau ke dalam mangkuk paip atau cas ke dalam lubang gerudi dll.)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

العبث

أداة للدك (على سبيل المثال، لدك التبغ في وعاء الأنبوب أو الشحن في ثقب الحفر وما إلى ذلك)

🇮🇷Persian

دستکاری کردن

ابزاری برای کوبیدن (به عنوان مثال، برای کوبیدن تنباکو در یک کاسه لوله یا شارژ کردن در سوراخ مته و غیره)

🇹🇷Turkish

sabotaj

sıkıştırmak için bir alet (örneğin, tütünü bir pipo çanağına sıkıştırmak veya bir şarjı bir matkap deliğine sıkıştırmak için vb.)

🇮🇱Hebrew

לחבל

כלי לחבטה (למשל, לחבטת טבק לתוך קערת מקטרת או מטען לתוך חור מקדחה וכו')

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What is the primary definition of the word 'tamper'?

The primary meaning of 'tamper' is 'a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)'.

Which of the following sentences uses the word 'tamper' in a grammatically correct way?

Using 'tamper' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'tamper' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'tamper' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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