Tamping
verb
Packing down a substance tightly by hitting it repeatedly.
He was tamping down the soil in the flower pot.
Often appears as...
- tamping down the soil
- tamping down the coffee grounds
noun
The action of packing down a substance tightly.
The construction worker was doing a tamping job on the road pavement.
Often appears as...
- tamping job
- during tamping
verb
Packing down a substance tightly by hitting it repeatedly.
He was tamping down the soil in the flower pot.
Often appears as...
- tamping down the soil
- tamping down the coffee grounds
noun
The action of packing down a substance tightly.
The construction worker was doing a tamping job on the road pavement.
Often appears as...
- tamping job
- during tamping
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Action
Tamping involves a physical movement, implying forceful pressing or hitting.
Make sure you're tamping the grounds evenly to brew a good espresso.
Pro Tip 2/3Careful Effort
Tamping is done carefully to avoid damaging what's being compacted.
While tamping the seeds, be gentle not to crush them.
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Contexts
Use 'tamping' in contexts like gardening, coffee making, or smoking.
Baristas often practice tamping to perfection for the ideal espresso shot.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Action
Tamping involves a physical movement, implying forceful pressing or hitting.
Make sure you're tamping the grounds evenly to brew a good espresso.
Pro Tip 2/3Careful Effort
Tamping is done carefully to avoid damaging what's being compacted.
While tamping the seeds, be gentle not to crush them.
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Contexts
Use 'tamping' in contexts like gardening, coffee making, or smoking.
Baristas often practice tamping to perfection for the ideal espresso shot.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Action
Tamping involves a physical movement, implying forceful pressing or hitting.
Make sure you're tamping the grounds evenly to brew a good espresso.
Pro Tip 2/3Careful Effort
Tamping is done carefully to avoid damaging what's being compacted.
While tamping the seeds, be gentle not to crush them.
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Contexts
Use 'tamping' in contexts like gardening, coffee making, or smoking.
Baristas often practice tamping to perfection for the ideal espresso shot.
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Let's prepare for our...
be replicated throughout the developing world after a lethal 1995 heat wave turned refrigerator trucks from the popular Taste of Chicago festival into makeshift morgues Chicago became a recognized leader tamping down on the urban heat island impact through opening
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Vicki Arroyo: Let's...
throughout the developing world. After a lethal 1995 heat wave turned refrigerator trucks from the popular Taste of Chicago festival into makeshift morgues, Chicago became a recognized leader, tamping down on the urban heat island impact
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Street Whale Explosion PIPE...
blast we are going to detonate in the middle of a huge mound of peat it will produce a tamping effect on the explosive the peat beds are approximately the same size and weight of the body parts that were thrown across the street
Video examples
Let's prepare for our...
be replicated throughout the developing world after a lethal 1995 heat wave turned refrigerator trucks from the popular Taste of Chicago festival into makeshift morgues Chicago became a recognized leader tamping down on the urban heat island impact through opening
Video examples
Vicki Arroyo: Let's...
throughout the developing world. After a lethal 1995 heat wave turned refrigerator trucks from the popular Taste of Chicago festival into makeshift morgues, Chicago became a recognized leader, tamping down on the urban heat island impact
Video examples
Street Whale Explosion PIPE...
blast we are going to detonate in the middle of a huge mound of peat it will produce a tamping effect on the explosive the peat beds are approximately the same size and weight of the body parts that were thrown across the street
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Clive Thompson
Canadian Journalist
The people who tend to get the most out of being social thinkers are the people who themselves are helpful. They're always talking or answering people's questions or engaging in productive conversations. They're not being trolls. They're tamping down other people that are being trolls.
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Peter Bergen
American Journalist
Every lethal terrorist attack in the United States since 9/11 has been carried out by an American citizen or a legal permanent resident, not by recent immigrants or by refugees. So tamping down immigration won't fix the real issue, which is 'homegrown' terrorism.
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Dani Shapiro
American Author
When we reach reflexively for something to dull an ache inside of us, in that very moment of reaching, we are hiding from our pain. We're storing it away. Tamping it down.
Quote examples
Clive Thompson
Canadian Journalist
The people who tend to get the most out of being social thinkers are the people who themselves are helpful. They're always talking or answering people's questions or engaging in productive conversations. They're not being trolls. They're tamping down other people that are being trolls.
Quote examples
Peter Bergen
American Journalist
Every lethal terrorist attack in the United States since 9/11 has been carried out by an American citizen or a legal permanent resident, not by recent immigrants or by refugees. So tamping down immigration won't fix the real issue, which is 'homegrown' terrorism.
Quote examples
Dani Shapiro
American Author
When we reach reflexively for something to dull an ache inside of us, in that very moment of reaching, we are hiding from our pain. We're storing it away. Tamping it down.
Example 1 of 3
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