TAMP


Meaning of TAMP in English

/tamp/ , v.t.

1. to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes: He tamped the tobacco in his pipe.

2. (in blasting) to fill (a drilled hole) with earth or the like after the charge has been inserted.

[ 1810-20; perh. alter of TAMPION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .