Crossword clues for tamped
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tamp \Tamp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tamped; p. pr. & vb. n. Tamping.] [Cf. F. tamponner to plug or stop. See Tampion.]
In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected.
To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.
Wiktionary
1 pounded hard 2 packed down v
(en-past of: tamp)
Usage examples of "tamped".
This was another crucial part of the process: tamped too firmly, the flame could not pass through the charge and a misfire was inevitable, but not tamped firmly enough, and the black powder would burn without the power to hurl the heavy projectile clear of the barrel.
After two or three shows, with the horses and elephant pounding over them, the rogues will be well tamped down.
McNabb calmly tamped down his pipe, relit it, pinched his nose between thumb and forefinger, blowing against the pressure to relieve his eardrums, sniffed once or twice, put the pipe back in his mouth and turned an expectant face towards Zeusman.
Yakamasura and Mialla took dirt samples, having to dig with their bootheels to loosen enough tamped earth to fill their containers.
The ledge was solid, but at one end heterogeneous rocks had been tamped in for critical reinforcement.
He blotted the sweat from his face, then unwrapped the last plant, placed it firmly in the ground, and tamped dirt around it.
He swept the loose soil back over them, and tamped it down with the flat of his hand.
He hit an exile-friendly bar and tamped his headache down with bourbon.
He loaded four chambers of the Remington's cylinder with regular lead balls, the fifth with bird shot and the sixth, as before, only with powder tamped down with cornmeal.
When the bulls eventually died off, they had so nicely tamped that dirt road that it was paved over and is now the Grecheskiy Prospekt, though many people still call it the Elephant Walk.
Once the canoes were loaded and the fire tamped out, they continued to forge up the Gaena River.
Hind legs tamped a footing and snapped, launching the hunting panther through the air.
Drizzt watched carefully as its middle set of legs and its hind legs tamped down.
He tamped in the sods as well as he could, and drove back to town with the earth-clotted pick and shovel in the trunk of Jimmy's car.
Chuck filled in his hole again and tamped the dirt down, then carefully replaced the sod he'd cut out and tamped it down, too, pouring water from two entire canteens over it to ensure that it wouldn't die and turn brown, sticking out like a neon sign saying "Somebody buried something here!