Definitions for: Tamper


[n] a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
[v] fool or play around with; "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"
[v] intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly; "Don't meddle in my affairs!"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


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.

Synonyms: meddle, monkey, tamp

See Also: interfere, interpose, intervene, manipulate, step in, tool

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