Associations to the word «Tampering»

Wiktionary

TAMPER, noun. A person or thing that tamps.
TAMPER, noun. A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.
TAMPER, noun. An envelope of neutron-reflecting material in a nuclear weapon, used to delay the expansion of the reacting material and thus produce a longer-lasting and more energetic explosion.
TAMPER, verb. (intransitive) To alter by making unauthorized changes; to meddle.
TAMPER, verb. (in professional sports) To discuss future contracts against league rules with a player.

Dictionary definition

TAMPER, noun. A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.).
TAMPER, verb. 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".
TAMPER, verb. Intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly; "Don't meddle in my affairs!".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats