'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]
Synonyms of 'damper'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acoustic tile,
- andiron,
- antiknock,
- arrest,
- baffler,
- bearing rein,
- bit,
- brake,
- chain,
- check,
- checkrein,
- chill,
- chock,
- clog,
- coal tongs,
- cold water,
- countercheck,
- crane,
- crepehanger,
- crook,
- curb,
- curb bit,
- cushion,
- damp,
- dampener,
- determent,
- deterrent,
- discouragement,
- doorstop,
- drag,
- drag sail,
- drift anchor,
- drift sail,
- drogue,
- fetter,
- fire hook,
- fire tongs,
- firedog,
- gag,
- grate,
- grating,
- grid,
- griddle,
- gridiron,
- grill,
- griller,
- holdback,
- hushcloth,
- killjoy,
- lifter,
- martingale,
- muffle,
- muffler,
- mute,
- muzzle,
- pelham,
- pessimist,
- poker,
- pothook,
- quietener,
- remora,
- salamander,
- scotch,
- sea anchor,
- shackle,
- silence cloth,
- silencer,
- snaffle,
- soft pedal,
- sordine,
- sordino,
- sound-absorbing material,
- soundproofing,
- soundproofing insulation,
- sourdine,
- spit,
- spoilsport,
- spoke,
- stay,
- stop,
- tongs,
- trammel,
- tripod,
- trivet,
- turnspit,
- wet blanket