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Definition of tamp verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

tamp

verb

NAmE//tæmp//

tamp something (down)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they tamp

he / she / it tamps

past simple tamped

-ing form tamping

to press something down firmly, especially into a closed space He tamped down the tobacco in his pipe with his thumb.

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