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Damper

//ˈdæmpɚ// adj, noun, slang

Adjective

Noun

1
Something that damps or checks:; A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. countable, uncountable
2
a depressing restraint wordnet
3
Something that damps or checks:; A contrivance (sordine), as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time. countable, uncountable
4
a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations wordnet
5
Something that damps or checks:; Something that kills the mood. countable, uncountable
"Nor did Sabrina′s presence seem to act as any damper at the modest little festivities."

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6
a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace wordnet
7
Something that damps or checks:; A device that decreases the oscillations of a system. countable, uncountable
8
Something that damps or checks:; A shock absorber. countable, uncountable
"In general, steel springs were stipulated for primary suspension, although rubber was accepted for auxiliary springing; hydraulic dampers were specified and the use of laminated springs ruled out."
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Bread made from a basic recipe of flour, water, milk, and salt, but without yeast. Australia, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
"1827, Peter Cunningham, Two Years in New South Wales, ii.190, quoted in G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, 1978, →ISBN, The farm-men usually bake their flour into flat cakes, which they call dampers, and cook these in the ashes."
10
A shop till. UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable
"A certain class of 'City Arabs' do nothing but steal provisions from shop doors and sell them for one-tenth of their value, or less, […] while a fourth again do nothing but "draw the dampers," i. e. steal from shop-tills."

Etymology 1

From damp (verb) + -er. The name of the type of bread is first attested in 1825, and originally likely refers to damping the appetite.

Etymology 2

From damp (adjective) + -er.

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