Dictionary
tamp
Pronunciation: (tamp), [key]—
v.t.
1. to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
He tamped the tobacco in his pipe.
2. (in blasting) to fill (a drilled hole) with earth or the like after the charge has been inserted.
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