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Tamped vs Tumped - What's the difference?

tamped | tumped |

As verbs the difference between tamped and tumped

is that tamped is (tamp) while tumped is (tump).

As an adjective tamped

is pounded hard.

tamped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (tamp)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • pounded hard
  • packed down
  • * 1957': whose floor was of '''tamped earth — Lawrence Durrell, ''Justine , p.85 (Faber)

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    tumped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tump)

    • tump

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) twmp, twm.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, rare) A mound or hillock.
  • * 1974 , Guy Davenport, Tatlin! :
    • The island was two rocks grey as twilight between which a tump of iron loam ribbed with flint bore a stand of fir and spruce.
    (Ainsworth)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form a mass of earth or a hillock about.
    • to tump teasel

    Etymology 2

    Possibly from .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Southern US) to bump, knock (usually used with "over", possibly a combination of "tip" and "dump")
    • Don't tump that bucket over!
  • (Southern US) To fall over.
  • (US, dialect) To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed.
    • (Bartlett)

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl); see tumpline for more.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncommon) A tumpline.