tamped; tamping; tamps
1
: to drive in or down by a succession of light or medium blows
tamp wet concrete
plural tamps
: a tool for tamping : tamper entry 2
Fill the form half full with fresh, undisturbed snow, firmly packing it down using the cutout can bottom as a tamp; tamp around the inside edges as you go.—
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Recent Examples on the WebRachel Treisman, NPR, 26 Mar. 2024
The central bank is balancing its efforts to tamp down inflation with plans to cut rates as price increases slow and risks to the economy grow.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
Some right-wing political commentators said that rising criticism from abroad could help Mr. Netanyahu tamp down domestic anger.
—Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
But efforts to tamp down rumors and supposition may have backfired after royal observers noticed inconsistencies in the photo’s details.
—Brian Melley, Twin Cities, 10 Mar. 2024
Five men — one to control traffic, one to drive the truck towing a machine that keeps hot asphalt mix from drying and three filling, smoothing and tamping down the holes — went hunting through several residential streets on the near eastside.
—Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Mar. 2024
The central bank raised its benchmark lending rate 11 times since March 2022 in an effort to tamp down rising prices by reducing overall demand, but the economy has largely resisted those efforts.
—Bryan Mena, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
Past analysis suggests that elections themselves can tamp down popular discontent with the system.
—Clifford Young, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2024
But Future, Playboi Carti and Travis Scott tamp out Metro’s fire, and a track that could’ve been great is merely good.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2024
It’s not known exactly how much an anti-inflammatory diet tamps down inflammation nor how much of certain food items someone should eat to see the benefits, Sharma said.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 18 Oct. 2023
But national unemployment, and perhaps local, will fluctuate and move upward in the coming months as the Fed tamp down on inflation takes effect.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2023
Countertop espresso perfector For those who already have an at-home espresso machine and grinder, a tamp station and knock box are an ideal complement.
—Juliet Izon, wsj.com, 26 Sep. 2023
The goal is to gather enough evidence to demonstrate that a cortico-striatal loop is indeed the culprit of stuck thinking, and that jamming its synchronizing activity tamps down its effects.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Apr. 2019
Then, fill the frame with concrete or gravel and tamp or screed it to the leveled edges.
—Rena Behar, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2023
A lot of machines come with a plastic tamp, but few come with a proper distributor and tamp.
—Jaina Grey Jeffrey Van Camp, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2022
This complex spit prevents clotting and tamps down the victim’s immune response.
—John Sass, Field & Stream, 11 Apr. 2023
Verb
Meta — the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and Threads — is making good on its promise to tamp down the amount of political posts that users see on their feeds.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 26 Mar. 2024
The central bank is balancing its efforts to tamp down inflation with plans to cut rates as price increases slow and risks to the economy grow.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
Some right-wing political commentators said that rising criticism from abroad could help Mr. Netanyahu tamp down domestic anger.
—Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
But efforts to tamp down rumors and supposition may have backfired after royal observers noticed inconsistencies in the photo’s details.
—Brian Melley, Twin Cities, 10 Mar. 2024
Five men — one to control traffic, one to drive the truck towing a machine that keeps hot asphalt mix from drying and three filling, smoothing and tamping down the holes — went hunting through several residential streets on the near eastside.
—Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Mar. 2024
The central bank raised its benchmark lending rate 11 times since March 2022 in an effort to tamp down rising prices by reducing overall demand, but the economy has largely resisted those efforts.
—Bryan Mena, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
Past analysis suggests that elections themselves can tamp down popular discontent with the system.
—Clifford Young, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2024
But Future, Playboi Carti and Travis Scott tamp out Metro’s fire, and a track that could’ve been great is merely good.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
Noun
The outcome could help spur or further tamp down the flow of money into Chinese markets when global confidence in China is already shaken.
—Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2024
It’s not known exactly how much an anti-inflammatory diet tamps down inflammation nor how much of certain food items someone should eat to see the benefits, Sharma said.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 18 Oct. 2023
But national unemployment, and perhaps local, will fluctuate and move upward in the coming months as the Fed tamp down on inflation takes effect.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2023
Countertop espresso perfector For those who already have an at-home espresso machine and grinder, a tamp station and knock box are an ideal complement.
—Juliet Izon, wsj.com, 26 Sep. 2023
The goal is to gather enough evidence to demonstrate that a cortico-striatal loop is indeed the culprit of stuck thinking, and that jamming its synchronizing activity tamps down its effects.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Apr. 2019
Then, fill the frame with concrete or gravel and tamp or screed it to the leveled edges.
—Rena Behar, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2023
A lot of machines come with a plastic tamp, but few come with a proper distributor and tamp.
—Jaina Grey Jeffrey Van Camp, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2022
This complex spit prevents clotting and tamps down the victim’s immune response.
—John Sass, Field & Stream, 11 Apr. 2023
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