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Definition of tamper:
- An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron.
- One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed.
- To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery.
- To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing.
- To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease.
Synonyms:
play, diddle, putter, help, fool, toy, mess around, tinker, touch, goldbrick, fiddle, potter, meddle, muck around, monkey, shrink from, fix, tamp, monkey around, muck about, shirk, tamping bar.
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counteract (part of speech: verb)
- counterwork,
- meddle,
- challenge,
- oppose,
- interfere,
- counteract,
- contradict,
- offset,
- defy,
- neutralize
- disable (part of speech: verb)
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derange (part of speech: verb)
- disorganize,
- convulse,
- discompose,
- disarrange,
- swirl,
- mix-up,
- rumple,
- derange,
- hash,
- displace,
- jumble,
- scramble,
- whisk,
- toss,
- roughen,
- dislocate,
- mess,
- confuse,
- trouble,
- ripple,
- disturb,
- roil,
- churn,
- ruffle,
- misplace,
- meddle,
- dishevel,
- botch,
- capsize,
- mislay,
- confound,
- agitate,
- tumble,
- clutter,
- upset,
- scatter,
- rummage,
- perturb,
- ferment,
- muss,
- whip,
- disorder,
- tousle,
- blur,
- muddle
Usage examples:
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Either the sight of his treasures, so nearly lost, or the feeling that the thief had dared to tamper with them after all, suddenly infuriated Maguire to such an extent that he had bestowed a couple of brutal kicks upon the senseless form of Raffles before the secretary and I could interfere.
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Thus was he fitted, as he thought, to examine, to tamper with all parties, and to select from each the materials necessary for his own objects.