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

1. noun. One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed.
2. noun. An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron.
3. intransitive verb. To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease.
4. intransitive verb. To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing.
5. intransitive verb. To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery.
6. noun. a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)

   Synonyms: tamp

7. verb. 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"

   Synonyms: fiddle, monkey

8. verb. intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly

   "Don't meddle in my affairs!"

   Synonyms: meddle

Synonyms

tamp, fiddle, monkey, meddle

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in tamper:

tempra

Common word forms

tampers, tampered, tamperer, tampering

Words from these letters

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