Synonyms for tamped
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : tamp |
| Phonetic Transcription : tæmp |
Top 10 synonyms for tamped Other synonyms for the word tamped
- arrange
- bear
- beat
- bind
- block
- butt
- cease
- charge
- chock
- choke
- clog
- collide with
- compact
- compress
- condense
- congest
- contract
- cram
- crowd
- crush
- dash
- devour
- dig
- drive
- drive in
- drum
- elbow
- force
- formed
- gobble
- gorge
- guzzle
- halt
- hammer
- hammered
- heap
- hit
- hook
- impact
- ingurgitate
- insert
- jack
- jam
- jam-pack
- jostle
- milled
- mob
- obstruct
- overeat
- overfill
- pack
- pack 'em in
- pack in
- pack it in
- pack like sardines
- plunge
- poke
- pound
- pounded
- press
- push
- put away
- ram
- ram in
- rolled
- run
- sardine
- satiate
- shaped
- slop
- slosh
- squash
- squeeze
- squish
- stab
- stall
- stamped
- stick
- stive
- strike
- strike head-on
- stuff
- tamp
- tamped
- throng
- thrust
- thrust in
- top off
- tramped
- tramped down
- trodden
- wad
- wedge
- wolf
- worked
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for tamped
- abstain
- aid
- allocate
- allow
- assist
- clear
- continue
- diet
- dismantle
- disperse
- dispose
- distribute
- enlarge
- expand
- extend
- fast
- free
- halt
- help
- increase
- keep
- leave alone
- lengthen
- let go
- let out
- loosen
- lose
- maintain
- nibble
- open
- pull
- refuse
- release
- retreat
- stop
- stretch
- surrender
- tap
- unblock
- uncompress
- unfasten
- unpack
- untie
- yield
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