What does tamper mean?

Definitions for tamper
ˈtæm pərtam·per

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word tamper.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. tamp, tamper, tamping barverb

    a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)

  2. tamper, fiddle, monkeyverb

    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"

  3. meddle, tamperverb

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

    "Don't meddle in my affairs!"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Tamperverb

    Etymology: of uncertain derivation, derived by Stephen Skinner from tempero, Latin.

    ’Tis in vain
    To tamper with your crazy brain,
    Without trepanning of your skull
    As often as the moon’s at full. Hudibras, p. ii.

    He tried washes to bring him to a better complexion but there was no good to be done; the very tampering cast him into a disease. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.

    That key of knowledge, which should give us entrance into the recesses of religion, is by so much tamperin and wrenching made useless. Decay of Piety.

    ’Tis dang’rous tampering with a muse,
    The profits small, and you have much to lose:
    For though true wit adorns your birth or place,
    Degenerate lines degrade the attainted race. Wentworth Dillon.

    Earl Waltheof being overtaken with wine, engaged in a conspiracy; but repenting next morning, repaired to the king, and discovered the whole matter: notwithstanding which he was beheaded upon the defeat of the conspiracy, for having but thus far tampered in it. Joseph Addison, Freeholder.

    Others tamper’d
    For Fleetwood, Desborough, and Lambert. Hudibras.

ChatGPT

  1. tamper

    To tamper is to interfere with something or manipulate it in a damaging or unauthorized way, often in an attempt to alter its default state, functionality or credibility, or to gain some benefit. This term is commonly used in various fields like law and information security. It can also refer to attempts to influence or corrupt something or someone in a harmful or deceitful manner.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tampernoun

    one who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed

  2. Tampernoun

    an instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron

  3. Tamperverb

    to meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease

  4. Tamperverb

    to meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing

  5. Tamperverb

    to deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Tamper

    tam′pėr, v.i. to try the temper of: to try little experiments without necessity or authority: to meddle: to practise secretly and unfairly.—n. Tam′perer. [A by-form of temper.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tamper in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tamper in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of tamper in a Sentence

  1. Jason Bowles:

    We know a couple of facts. We know there was a live round in a box of dummy rounds that shouldn’t have been there. At least one round. We have people who walked off set because they were disgruntled. We have a timeline of approximately 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. that day in which the firearms at that time were unattended, so there was opportunity to tamper with this scene and yes, we’re looking at that possibility.

  2. Chessy Prout:

    And now, to have the very person who inspired me to seek justice nominate the attorney who tried to tamper and take away my right to anonymity in my search for justice is just astounding, and really disappointing.

  3. Stephan Necknig:

    The arrest warrant was made because of a risk that evidence might be suppressed, during a search last week there were signs that the accused may tamper with evidence. To influence other suspects or witnesses, or people who could provide information to the investigating authorities.

  4. Voatz CEO Nimit Sawhney:

    Somebody downloaded, registered and then tried to tamper with it, do something. We caught unauthorized activity, and they immediately got stopped.

  5. Isaac Mamboza:

    We have discovered that beekeeping can help to protect our forests, most of our beehives are on trees near our dam - no one will tamper with (them).

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Translations for tamper

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  • snydeDanish
  • fälschen, einmischenGerman
  • manipular, alterarSpanish
  • kajota, peukaloida, sormeillaFinnish
  • tripoter, trafiquer, bidouiller, compromettre, altérer, tasse-braiseFrench
  • fikta, eiga við, fikta íIcelandic
  • manomettereItalian
  • 弄くる, 弄るJapanese
  • 조작하다Korean
  • raweke, pororuaMāori
  • manipuleren, prutsen, metDutch
  • adulterarPortuguese
  • наносить ущерб, возиться, искажать, портить, пест, подделывать, фальсифицироватьRussian
  • falsificirati, krivotvoriti, manipuliratiSerbo-Croatian
  • manipulera, mixtraSwedish
  • karıştırmak, hile karıştırmak, rüşvetle kandırmakTurkish
  • چھیڑ چھاڑUrdu
  • 篡改Chinese

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