Definitions for tamper

Definitions for (noun) tamper

Main entry: tamp, tamper, tamping bar

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


Definitions for (verb) tamper

Main entry: fiddle, tamper, monkey

Definition: play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly

Usage: Someone tampered with the documents on my desk; The reporter fiddle with the facts


Main entry: tamper, meddle

Definition: intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly

Usage: Don't meddle in my affairs!


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