tamper
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tamper¹
- /ˈtæm.pə(ɹ)/ UK
Sounds like Tampa (non-rhotic) · Rhymes with -æmpə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From tamp + -er.
noun tampers
- A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.
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A railway vehicle used to tamp down ballast.
Similar: ballast tamper, tamping machine
- An envelope of neutron-reflecting material in a nuclear weapon, used to delay the expansion of the reacting material and thus produce a longer-lasting and more energetic explosion.
tamper²
- /ˈtæm.pə(ɹ)/ UK
Sounds like Tampa (non-rhotic) · Rhymes with -æmpə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle French temprer (“to temper, mix, meddle”). Doublet of temper.
verb tampers · tampering · tampered
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To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).
tamper detection
Similar: interfere
- To try to influence someone, usually in an illegal or devious way; to try to deal (with someone). Prosecutors argued that he would tamper with witnesses if bail was granted.
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To meddle (with something) in order to corrupt or pervert it.
[…] No Art used to inflame him, no Coquetry practised to tempt or intice him, and no Prudery or Affectation to tamper with his Passions; but, on the contrary, artless and unpractised in the Wiles of the World, all her Endeavours, and even all her Wishes, tended only to render herself as un-amiable a
Similar: debauch, lead astray, seduce, adulterate, corrupt, demoralize, detort, file, immoralize, pervert, pollute, preposterate
- To involve oneself (in a plot, scheme, etc.). 1716, Joseph Addison, The Free-holder, No. 31, 6 April, 1716, London: D. Midwinter and J. Tonson, p. 180, […] he was beheaded upon the Defeat of the Conspiracy for having but thus far tampered in it.
- To attempt to practise or administer something (especially medicine) without sufficient knowledge or qualifications. Certainly it is a scurvy strong troublesom purge, therefore ill to be tamperd with by the unskilful […]
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To discuss future contracts with a player, against league rules.
Similar: tap up
Translations
Every language
noun person or thing that tamps
| Deutsch | Stampfer |
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noun tool
| Français | tasse-braise |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Pfeifenstopfer, Tamper, Stampfer |
| Italiano | mazzaranga, mazzeranga, pillo, pestello, mazzapicchio |
| Русский | пест pest |
noun tamping vehicle
| Deutsch | Stopfmaschine, Gleisstopfmaschine |
|---|
verb alter by making unauthorized changes
| Español | trucar, truquear, amañar, apañar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 弄くる ijikuru, 弄る ijiru |
| 中文 | 竄改 /窜改 cuàngǎi, 篡改 cuàngǎi, 亂動 /乱动 luàndòng, 干涉 gānshè |
| Português | adulterar |
| Français | trafiquer, bricoler, tripoter, bidouiller |
| Deutsch | einmischen, fälschen, manipulieren, herumhantieren |
| Italiano | manomettere, falsificare, alterare, manipolare |
| Русский | по́ртить pórtitʹ, искажа́ть iskažátʹ, фальсифици́ровать falʹsificírovatʹ, подде́лывать poddélyvatʹ, наноси́ть уще́рб nanosítʹ uščérb, вози́ться vozítʹsja |
| العربية | عَبِثَ ʕabiṯa |
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title = {tamper},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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