tamp (n.)

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

    [ Syn: tamper , tamping bar ]

    tamp (v.)

  1. press down tightly; tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso

    [ Syn: tamp down , pack ]

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