plural of tamping iron

simple past tense and past participle of tamp down

present participle of tamp down

To compact a substance (usually soil) until it is flat. / (idiomatic, by extension) To suppress (something, usually an emotion or thought).

plural of tamping machine

(rail transport) A self-propelled rail-mounted machine used to pack or tamp ballast under railway tracks; a ballast tamper.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tamp down

A city in Finland, the capital of Pirkanmaa region.

A wooden plug, or a metal or canvas cover, for the muzzle of a gun, cannon, or other piece of ordnance when not in use; a stopper; a bung. / (music) A plug for the upper end of an organ pipe.

Talking to a witness, hoping to persuade them to lie, or change their opinion, about what really happened.