Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To experiment rashly; busy one's self unwisely or officiously; meddle: usually followed by with in this and the other senses.
- To interfere, as for the purpose of alteration; make objectionable or unauthorized changes (in): as, to
tamper with a will or other document. - To use secret or underhand measures; exert unfair or corrupt influence; especially, to use improper persuasions, solicitations, bribery, etc.
- noun One who tamps, or prepares for blasting by stopping the hole in which the charge is placed.
- noun An instrument used in tamping; a tamping-bar or tamping-iron.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed.
- noun An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron.
- intransitive verb To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments.
- intransitive verb To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing.
- intransitive verb To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person or thing that
tamps . - noun A
tool used totamp downtobacco in apipe . - verb intransitive To
alter by makingunauthorized changes; tomeddle . - verb in professional sports To discuss future contracts against
league rules with a player.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly
- noun a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
- verb play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Examples
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With hardware you can create what we call a tamper-resistant security module.
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With hardware you can create what we call a tamper-resistant security module.
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With hardware you can create what we call a tamper-resistant security module.
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The tag tamper alarm is particularly useful in identifying when a label has been cut off a piece of apparel in a retail store changing room, or indicating when a tag has been removed from its original position for any simple seals for items such as containers or jewelry.
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In addition, the new chips offer a variety of industry-first features, including a tag tamper alarm, several privacy mode options, and password-protected data transfer or digital switch.
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The radioactive material in a bomb is buried in a "tamper" - in these bombs, gold.
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So there's interesting things that one does to counteract these by using analytics, privacy protecting analytics like these things called tamper resistance logs that record how the people inside the bank, for example, actually looked at records.
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So there's interesting things that one does to counteract these by using analytics, privacy protecting analytics like these things called tamper resistance logs that record how the people inside the bank, for example, actually looked at records.
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It comes with a large stick known as a tamper -- which is used to push the food you are blending into the blades -- and a separate container specifically designed for grinding grain.
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The core technology is called a tamper-resistant embedded controller TREC.
yarb commented on the word tamper
The anaesthetist arrived, tampered with my heart and lungs, an dimplored me to breathe deeply while he listened.
- Peter Reading, C, 1984
August 2, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word tamper
JM knows a barista who was banned from making espresso so she lost her tamper.
June 15, 2011