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 tamp /ˈtæmp/
 (vt.)用粘土填塞,搗固,夯實搗棒,夯

 Tamp v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tamped p. pr. & vb. n. Tamping.]
 1. In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected.
 2. To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.
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 tamp
      n : a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe
          bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.) [syn: tamper,
          tamping bar]
      v : press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container
          to make espresso" [syn: tamp down, pack]