Dictionary Entry
tamper
tamper is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed.
- 2noun
An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron.
- 3intransitive verb
To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease.
- 4intransitive verb
To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing.
- 5intransitive verb
To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery.
- 6noun
a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
Synonyms
- 7verb
play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
"Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"
"The reporter fiddle with the facts"
- 8verb
intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly
"Don't meddle in my affairs!"
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