'Tamper' definitions:
Definition of 'tamper'
(from WordNet)
noun
A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.) [syn: tamp, tamper, tamping bar]
verb
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" [syn: tamper, fiddle, monkey]
verb
Intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly; "Don't meddle in my affairs!" [syn: meddle, tamper]
Definition of 'Tamper'
From: GCIDE
- Tamper \Tamp"er\, n.
- 1. One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tamper'
From: GCIDE
- Tamper \Tam"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tampered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tampering.] [A corruption of temper.]
- 1. To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease. [1913 Webster]
- 'T is dangerous tampering with a muse. --Roscommon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery. [1913 Webster]
- Others tampered For Fleetwood, Desborough, and Lambert. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]