tamper : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tamper	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for tamper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tamper n a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.) Synonym(s): tamp, tamper, tamping bar v 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" Synonym(s): tamper, fiddle, monkey intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly; "Don't meddle in my affairs!" Synonym(s): meddle, tamper
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tamper \Tamp"er\, n. 1. One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed. 2. An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 'T is dangerous tampering with a muse. --Roscommon. 2. To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing. 3. To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery. Others tampered For Fleetwood, Desborough, and Lambert. --Hudibras.