After filling your pipe with tobacco, tamp it down with your thumb, but don't pack it too tightly.
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Tamp
/tæmp/
Synonyms for "tamp" (113 found)
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Related word relations
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More general
11 entriesassemblycharge preparationcompactcompresscompressioncontrolinstrumentpack togetherpacking actionrestrainttool
More specific
11 entriespipe tampsoil tamptamp claytamp down dissenttamp down enthusiasmtamp down noisetamp explosive chargetamp mortartamp powder chargetamp soiltobacco tamp
Collocations
10 entriespipe tampsoil tamptamp bedtamp downtamp mortartamp soiltamping irontamping operationtamping tooltobacco tamp
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
7 translations across 2 languages.
Czech
1 entries- zmírnit verb (To reduce the intensity of)
German
4 entries- abschwächen verb (To reduce the intensity of)
- dämpfen verb (To reduce the intensity of)
- herunterfahren verb (To reduce the intensity of)
- mindern verb (To reduce the intensity of)
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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