What (who) is tamper - definition
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Tampers; Tamper (disambiguation)
tamper
v. (d; intr.) to tamper with (to tamper with a lock; one should not tamper with a jury)
Tamper
·noun An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron.
II. Tamper ·vi To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing.
III. Tamper ·vi To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery.
V. Tamper ·noun One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed.
tamper
¦ verb (tamper with) interfere with (something) without authority or so as to cause damage.
¦ noun a machine or tool for tamping down earth or ballast.
Derivatives
tamperer noun
Origin
C16 (in the sense 'busy oneself to a particular end, machinate'): alt. of the verb temper.
Wikipedia
Tamper
Tamper may refer to:
- Tamper, to use a tamp, a tool for material compaction
- Tamper, a pipe tool component
- Tamper (nuclear weapons), a layer of dense material surrounding the fissile material
- Tamper, to interfere with, falsify, or sabotage
- Ballast tamper, a machine that tamps railroad track ballast
Pronunciation examples for tamper
1. It's basically a tamper proof ledger
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2. you're going to tamper with another.
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3. This is a system called TAMPER,
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4. the tamper-proof drug industry was invented.
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5. Those tamper-proof caps, that came from this.
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Examples of use of tamper
1. Tamper–resistant cards She said they would be issued biometric, tamper–resistant cards that would allow them to cross U.S. borders during their stay.
2. No denial can ever write off or tamper with history.
3. Tamper with the grapes permitted in Chablis or Hermitage!
4. Then there would be no need to tamper with juries.
5. Opposition party leader Sharif says Musharraf is sure to tamper with the vote.