To tamp something is to press it down gently so that it doesn't move or become inflated. Tampers are used to compress things like paper and cloth.
The police are using tampers to keep the protesters from getting too close.
The cloth was compressed with the tampers, so it would not lose its shape.
verb
press down tightly
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noun
a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
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Tamp it down firmly with a square tamping tool.
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But yes, indeed, it was a tamping iron and not a railroad spike.
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I tamped a piece of garlic in my spaghetti.
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You figure out how to tamp it down.
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Automatic application are basically of two types, tamp on or wipe on.
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If not, let's stick to the facts and to trying to tamp down on this vandalism.
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Seems that regular editing and discussion can tamp this down.
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A spud bar with a thickened end can be used to tamp soil.
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Automatic application are basically of two types, either to tamp on or wipe on.
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I thought graphite coating was just to help with pouring and tamping.