A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals

(transitive) To put into a hamper.

(transitive) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle / To impede in motion or progress.

A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes. / (nautical) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.

simple past tense and past participle of hamper

impeded or encumbered as if chained or fettered

present participle of hamper

That which hampers; an impediment.

plural of hamper

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hamper