Used in a Sentence

tamp

How to use tamp in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for tamp.

Editorial note

I'll do my best to tamp down the rhetoric and go a few rounds if you're game.

Examples11
Definitions2
Parts of speech2

Quick take

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

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of tamp gathered in one view.

noun

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

verb

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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tamp.

noun

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

verb

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

Example sentences

1

I'll do my best to tamp down the rhetoric and go a few rounds if you're game.

2

Between grind size, tamp, the bean and altitude you have a lot to deal with.

3

As I said, where I work I tend to tamp down on any efforts to use Haskell, and there's not many!

4

And the audience loves it. If we didn't have any systems in place to tamp down on poll/survey/opinion questions, Stack Overflow would be virtually nothing but those kinds of question.

5

But what happened isn't so much that the government ramped up the charges, as that the government didn't tamp them down like they might for other computer hackers who seem more innocent.

6

> The reason for this is really very simple: there's no one at the tiller, printing money to tamp down the speculationSo who's printing gold to temp down the speculation in that?

7

Medications are an unideal, but quick & easy, way to tamp your depression down to levels where its realistic to do other things that help, like therapy or lifestyle changes.

8

Any administration that actively tried to tamp down on the culture would be shooting themselves in the foot in a big way, as that's a big part of what attracts a lot of people to the place.

9

It's a give and take - the interviewer will say "Ok, let's stipulate it is full length and you can't tamp them" and "Oh, that's interesting, assuming some sort of variance in size, estimate a range instead of a number", etc.

10

However, I don't advocate for it where I work and tend to sort of tamp down on anyone else who tries because despite the fairly polyglot nature of where I work, we don't have the background to use Haskell very effectively at scale.

11

"I hate to be cynical, but it's not difficult to imagine the mega banks getting their friends in Congress and the Fed to tamp down these alternative lenders with some strategic new regulations designed to "protect consumers".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use tamp in a sentence?

I'll do my best to tamp down the rhetoric and go a few rounds if you're game.

What does tamp mean?

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

What part of speech is tamp?

tamp is commonly used as noun, verb.