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tamped, past participle; tamping, present participle; tamped, past tense; tamps, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Pack (a blast hole) full of clay or sand to concentrate the force of the explosion
    • - when the hole was tamped to the top, gunpowder was inserted
  2. Ram or pack (a substance) down or into something firmly
    • - he tamped down the tobacco with his thumb
  1. a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
  2. tamp down: press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso"
  3. A tamper is a device used to compact or flatten an aggregate or other powdered or granular material, typically to make it resistant to further compression or simply to increase density. ...
  4. (Tamps) Tamaulipas is one of the 31 states of Mexico and is located in the central-northeastern part of the Mexican federation. It borders the U.S. state of Texas to the north, the Gulf of Mexico to the east, Veracruz to the south, San Luis Potosí to the southwest, and Nuevo León to the west.
  5. 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; To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place
  6. (tamped) pounded hard; packed down
  7. (Tamped) Tapped or pushed down to fill a space or make level.
  8. (Tamping) act of pressing ground coffee into filter basket.
  9. Tamping basically means pack. In the coffee industry, tamping is the technique that is utilized during espresso making. While the grounds are in the portafilter, the barista packs the grounds with a tamper to a specific pressure to ensure maximum extraction of caffeine from the beans. ...
  10. (Tamping) Lightly firming soil over seeds or around newly set transplants.
  11. (Tamping) To compress soil or building materials by striking with a flat surface
  12. (Tamping) Using a narrow machine compactor, a tamping bar, or the handle of a shovel or other tool to compact earth backfill around a post, pole, or pile.
  13. (tamping) a process by which more ballast (see also) is added to the rail bed. The new ballast will not do any good unless it is placed next to and under the wood or concrete ties that support the steel rails. ...
  14. (tamping) the operation of consolidating freshly placed concrete or other repair materials by repeated blows or penetrations with a tamper. (See also consolidation and rodding.)
  15. to pack or push something down, especially by tapping it repeatedly.
  16. To compact the sand with a tool, either a hand tamper (steel plate on a vertical handle) or by a gas powered device. These are ususally called Jumping Jacks or Plate Compactors.
  17. To gently pack down the burning tobacco in a lit pipe. Doing so keeps the smoldering tobacco in contact with the unlit tobacco, keeping your pipe from going out.
  18. Action of packing espresso into the espresso pull.
  19. To pack down tightly by a succession of blows or taps. Usually used to refer to the placement of the gauze layer on a mold.
  20. The process of packing loose, ground coffee into the coffee bed so it can be used to make a proper espresso. This can take several forms. A steam-powered espresso machine needs a leveling tamp, for example, while other machines need the grounds to be more compact. ...
  21. to hit mortar to compact it & drive out air voids.
  22. To consolidate a material by pounding.
  23. to drive down with repeated blows
  24. To ram or compact the soil.