3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tamper \Tamp"er\, n.
1. One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for
blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is
placed.
2. An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tamper \Tam"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tampered}; p. pr & vb
n. {Tampering}.] [A corruption of temper.]
1. To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as to
tamper with a disease.
'T is dangerous tampering with a muse. --Roscommon.
2. To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing
3. To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery.
Others tampered For Fleetwood, Desborough and
Lambert. --Hudibras.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
tamper
n : a tool for tamping (e.g., tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl
or a charge into a drill hole etc.) [syn: {tamp}]
v 1: fool or play around with "Someone tampered with the
documents on my desk" [syn: {monkey}]
2: intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere
unwantedly; "Don't meddle in my affairs!" [syn: {meddle}]
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