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Timps vs Tamps - What's the difference?

timps | tamps |

As a noun timps

is timpani.

As a verb tamps is

third-person singular of tamp.

timps

English

Noun

(-)
  • (plurale tantum, musical instruments, informal) timpani

    • tamps

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tamp)

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    tamp

    English

    Verb

  • (blasting) to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected.
  • To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.

    • Derived terms

    * tamper * tamping iron * tamping rod

    See also

    * tampon ----