tamping - Definition and Meaning

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(adjective)

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extremely angry

examples

if I haven't lost half a stone this week then I'm gonna be tamping

Eight-hour round trip from Cardiff? I'd be tamping mad

(verb)

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pack (a blast hole) full of clay or sand to concentrate the force of the explosion

examples

when the hole was tamped to the top, gunpowder was inserted

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