what does tamper mean?
TAMPER as NOUN
- Meaning
- a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
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Hypernyms(s) tamper is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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TAMPER as VERB
- Meaning
- play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
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- Someone tampered with the documents on my desk
- The reporter fiddle with the facts
Hypernyms(s) tamper is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- intrude in other people’’s affairs or business
- interfere unwantedly
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- Don”t meddle in my affairs!
Hypernyms(s) tamper is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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