Antonyms for tamped


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : tamp
Phonetic Transcription : tæmp


Definition of tamped

Origin :
  • 1819, "to fill (a hole containing an explosive) with dirt or clay before blasting," a workmen's word, perhaps a back-formation from tampion, that word being mistaken as a present participle (*tamping).
  • As in beaten : adj forged
  • As in jam : verb squeeze in; compress
  • As in pack : verb fill, compact
  • As in ram : verb bang into; pack forcibly
  • As in cram : verb fill to overflowing; compress
Example sentences :
  • The concrete is tamped, struck off to shape and smoothed with the belt at one operation.
  • Extract from : « American Rural Highways » by T. R. Agg
  • The stones are carefully tamped to place and covered with chips which are also tamped.
  • Extract from : « American Rural Highways » by T. R. Agg
  • The wearing surface mixture is then prepared and tamped or rolled into place.
  • Extract from : « American Rural Highways » by T. R. Agg
  • They found a willow switch and tamped a handkerchief into the wound.
  • Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
  • Then loose ice was tamped in around to make the stakes hold.
  • Extract from : « The Young Treasure Hunter » by Frank V. Webster
  • A batch made up as follows, tamped in place to a volume of 30 cu.
  • Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette
  • He grinned, and tamped and relighted the tobacco in his pipe.
  • Extract from : « The Raid on the Termites » by Paul Ernst
  • When the hole was filled to the brim she tamped it down with her head.
  • Extract from : « In the Open » by Stanton Davis Kirkham
  • It was low, and the chinks between the logs were tamped with moss.
  • Extract from : « A Busy Year at the Old Squire's » by Charles Asbury Stephens
  • He tamped down the tobacco in his pipe and puffed it meditatively.
  • Extract from : « White Shadows in the South Seas » by Frederick O'Brien

Synonyms for tamped

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