Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to tamp
Participle: tamped
Gerund: tamping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | tamp |
| you | tamp |
| he;she;it | tamps |
| we | tamp |
| you | tamp |
| they | tamp |
Perfect
| I | have tamped |
| you | have tamped |
| he;she;it | has tamped |
| we | have tamped |
| you | have tamped |
| they | have tamped |
Past
| I | tamped |
| you | tamped |
| he;she;it | tamped |
| we | tamped |
| you | tamped |
| they | tamped |
Pluperfect
| I | had tamped |
| you | had tamped |
| he;she;it | had tamped |
| we | had tamped |
| you | had tamped |
| they | had tamped |
Future
| I | will tamp |
| you | will tamp |
| he;she;it | will tamp |
| we | will tamp |
| you | will tamp |
| they | will tamp |
Future Perfect
| I | will have tamped |
| you | will have tamped |
| he;she;it | will have tamped |
| we | will have tamped |
| you | will have tamped |
| they | will have tamped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | tamp |
| you | tamp |
| he;she;it | tamp |
| we | tamp |
| you | tamp |
| they | tamp |
Perfect
| I | have tamped |
| you | have tamped |
| he;she;it | have tamped |
| we | have tamped |
| you | have tamped |
| they | have tamped |
Imperfect
| I | tamped |
| you | tamped |
| he;she;it | tamped |
| we | tamped |
| you | tamped |
| they | tamped |
Pluperfect
| I | had tamped |
| you | had tamped |
| he;she;it | had tamped |
| we | had tamped |
| you | had tamped |
| they | had tamped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would tamp |
| you | would tamp |
| he;she;it | would tamp |
| we | would tamp |
| you | would tamp |
| they | would tamp |
Perfect
| I | would have tamped |
| you | would have tamped |
| he;she;it | would have tamped |
| we | would have tamped |
| you | would have tamped |
| they | would have tamped |
Imperative
| you | tamp |
| we | Let's tamp |
| you | tamp |
Verbs conjugated like 'tamp'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'tamp'
amp,
camp,
damp,
lamp,
pamp,
ramp,
stamp,
tame,
tap,
tarp,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1819, "to fill (a hole containing an explosive) with dirt or clay before blasting," a workmen's word, perhaps a back-formation from
tampion, that word being mistaken as a prp. (
*tamping).
2. Probably a back-formation from tampin (misinterpreted as tamping), a variant of tampion.
Verbs referencing "tamp"
Welsh
tampio.
Sample Sentences
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Tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.
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Typically for the 'get-on-with-it' era, the railway and military worked like demons to restore the vital rail link. The crater was rapidly filled in and the earth tamped solid, the wreckage was removed by breakdown trains, new rails and sleepers were rushed forward by willing hands, and US Army bulldozers piled in. By 2020 on the same day, both tracks were open for traffic again where there had been a gaping pit just hours before. [2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:]