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tamped

tamped is the simple past and past participle of tamp.

Adjective

tamped (comparative more tamped, superlative most tamped)

  1. pounded hard
  2. packed down
    • whose floor was of tamped earth —1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine, Faber, page 85

Meaning of tamp

Verb (1)

tamp (third-person singular simple present tamps, present participle tamping, simple past and past participle tamped)

  1. (blasting) To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock.
  2. To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes
    • Tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.

Verb (2)

tamp (third-person singular simple present tamps, present participle tamping, simple past and past participle tamped)

  1. (transitive) To reduce the intensity of.
    • A single thought tamped her outrage: the chance that Meredith wasn't alone in her suspicions.2013, Kristina McMorris, The Pieces We Keep

Forms of tamped

comparativemore tamped
superlativemost tamped

Words formed from tamped

Phrases with tamped

Questions about tamped

What does tamped mean?
Tamped means pounded hard.
What is tamped the simple past and past participle of?
Tamped is the simple past and past participle of tamp.
What part of speech is tamped?
Tamped is an adjective.

Words near tamped in the dictionary

  1. Tampanian
  2. Tampanians
  3. tampans
  4. Tamparan
  5. Tamparuli
  6. tamped
  7. tamped down
  8. tampeon
  9. tampeons
  10. tamper
  11. tamper evident

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tamped (page history and authors); tamp (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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