TAMP


Meaning of TAMP in English

v.tr.

1. pack (a blast-hole) full of clay etc. to get the full force of an explosion.

2 ram down (road material etc.).

Derivatives:

tamper n. tamping n. (in sense 1).

Etymology: perh. back-form. f. F tampin (var. of TAMPION, taken as tamping

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.