TAMPER
\tˈampə], \tˈampə], \t_ˈa_m_p_ə]\
Definitions of TAMPER
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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fool or play around with; "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"
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a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
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play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly; "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts"
By Princeton University
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An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron.
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To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing.
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To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery.
By Oddity Software
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An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron.
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To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing.
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To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery.
By Noah Webster.
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To meddle so as to injure or alter anything: followed by with; as, to tamper with a lock; to use unfair influence, especially to bribe; as, to tamper with a jury; to experiment foolishly; as, to tamper with stocks.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To try the temper of: to try little experiments without necessity: to meddle: to practice secretly and unfairly.
By Daniel Lyons
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To experiment officiously or foolishly; meddle; make unjustifiable alterations: followed by with.
By James Champlin Fernald