'Damper' definitions:

Definition of 'damper'

(from WordNet)
noun
A movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace
noun
A device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations [syn: damper, muffler]
noun
A depressing restraint; "rain put a damper on our picnic plans"

Definition of 'Damper'

From: GCIDE
  • Damp \Damp\ (d[a^]mp), a. [Compar. Damper; superl. Dampest.]
  • 1. Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid. [1913 Webster]
  • O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Dejected; depressed; sunk. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • All these and more came flocking, but with looks Downcast and damp. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'damper'

From: GCIDE
  • damper \damp"er\ (d[a^]m"p[~e]r), n. That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time. [1913 Webster]
  • Nor did Sabrina's presence seem to act as any damper at the modest little festivities. --W. Black. [1913 Webster]

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