After filling your pipe with tobacco, tamp it down with your thumb, but don't pack it too tightly.
Source: tatoeba (709084)
Tamp
//tæmp//
Synonyms for "tamp" (99 found)
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39 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- набивам verb (pack down)
- натъпквам verb (plug up with clay or other material)
- трамбовам verb (pack down)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 填塞 verb (pack down)
- 夯實 /夯实 verb (plug up with clay or other material)
- 搗固 /捣固 verb (plug up with clay or other material)
Czech
3 entries- ucpat verb (plug up with clay or other material)
- udusat verb (pack down)
- zmírnit verb (To reduce the intensity of)
Finnish
2 entries- tampata verb (pack down)
- tulpata verb (plug up with clay or other material)
French
2 entries- compacter verb (pack down)
- tasser verb (pack down)
German
4 entries- abschwächen verb (To reduce the intensity of)
- dämpfen verb (To reduce the intensity of)
- festklopfen verb (pack down)
- herunterfahren verb (To reduce the intensity of)
Greek
1 entries- πατικώνω verb (pack down)
Irish
1 entries- calc verb (plug up with clay or other material)
Italian
1 entries- borrare verb (plug up with clay or other material)
Polish
2 entries- ubijać verb (pack down)
- ubić verb (pack down)
Russian
2 entries- заби́ть verb (plug up with clay or other material)
- трамбова́ть verb (pack down)
Spanish
1 entries- apisonar verb (pack down)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Summer's warmth and humidity seem to tamp down, but not eliminate, the risk of infection.
Source: tatoeba (11735997)
Tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.
Source: wiktionary
Typically for the 'get-on-with-it' era, the railway and military worked like demons to restore the vital rail link. The crater was rapidly filled in and the earth tamped solid, the wreckage was removed by breakdown trains, new rails and sleepers were rushed forward by willing hands, and US Army bulldozers piled in. By 2020 on the same day, both tracks were open for traffic again where there had been a gaping pit just hours before.
Source: wiktionary
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