Tamp

[Tamp]

Press down tightly

...

In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected.

Noun
a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)

Verb
press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso"

v. t.
In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected.

v. t.
To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.

Tamp

Tamp , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tamped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tamping.] [Cf. F. tamponner to plug or stop. See Tampion.] 1. In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected. 2. To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.

In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected.

...

Usage Examples

Misspelled Form

Tamp, Tamp, amp, Tamp, Tqamp, Twamp, Tsamp, Tzamp, Tqmp, Twmp, Tsmp, Tzmp, Taqmp, Tawmp, Tasmp, Tazmp, Tanmp, Tajmp, Takmp, Ta,mp, Ta mp, Tanp, Tajp, Takp, Ta,p, Ta p, Tamnp, Tamjp, Tamkp, Tam,p, Tam p, Tamop, Tam0p, Tamlp, Tamo, Tam0, Taml, Tampo, Tamp0, Tampl.