TAMPING

noun the material used in tamping. ·see tamp, ·vt, 1.

2. tamping ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of tamp.

3. tamping ·noun the act of one who tamps; specifically, the act of filling up a hole in a rock, or the branch of a mine, for the purpose of blasting the rock or exploding the mine.