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Raretampers
The correct spelling is tampers.
How to pronounce tampers
noun
Say it like: Tam-per-s
The correct spelling is tampers. A person or thing that tamps. For example: "The alarm had been tampered with and didn’t go off when it should have."
Usage Examples
“The alarm had been tampered with and didn’t go off when it should have.”
“Prosecutors argued that he would tamper with witnesses if bail was granted.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A person or thing that tamps.
- 2.A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.
- 3.A railway vehicle used to tamp down ballast.
- 4.An envelope of neutron-reflecting material in a nuclear weapon, used to delay the expansion of the reacting material and thus produce a longer-lasting and more energetic explosion.
verb
- 1.To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).
- 2.To try to influence someone, usually in an illegal or devious way; to try to deal (with someone).
- 3.To meddle (with something) in order to corrupt or pervert it.
- 4.To involve oneself (in a plot, scheme, etc.).
- 5.To attempt to practise or administer something (especially medicine) without sufficient knowledge or qualifications.
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