hamper
IPA: hˈæmpɝ
noun
- A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals.
- (uncommon outside New England) A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper), as opposed to a covered wicker basket which is a true hamper.
- (UK) A gift basket.
- A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
- (nautical) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.
verb
- (transitive) To put into a hamper.
- (transitive) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle.
- To impede in motion or progress.
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Examples of "hamper" in Sentences
- This hampers the locking of the door.
- The main one, is the lifeline hamper appeal.
- The nation's debt crisis could hamper efforts.
- The trecherous waters hamper the efforts tremendously.
- The winner of the chai hamper is none other than Cathy!
- This hampers the secretion of the protein from the cell.
- But efforts have also been hampered by lack of resources.
- It was also alleged that it hampered the secrecy of the vote.
- A recurring hamstring injury hampered the rest of his career.
- From the start, the railway was hampered by shortage of capital.
- This is an unforeseen glitch that could seriously hamper the project.
- Except for my husband, who apparently has no clue what a clothes hamper is and what it is used for.
- We had a built-in hamper/linen closet thing in the old master bath which shared a wall with the bedroom it was attached to.
- Here's an intellectual — William Weaver, of New York City, who wrote, To call it a dirty-clothes hamper is to overstate the case.
- For many of us, the hamper is like an overstock bin where clothes go into a complex holding pattern, and a quick windventory will often produce a perfectly respectable outfit.
- Your wardrobe’s a mess; the hamper is full; your credit rating is sinking; your mother in law is languishing; your aunt is needy; the bathroom is grungy; the kitchen floor is sticky; the short story stinks; the car is a mess; I’m hungry.
- Somewhere in the cellars of Downing Street a post-election celebratory hamper from the designer Kelly Hoppen sits unopened, as does a rug from the prime minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, ties from Silvio Berlusconi and tennis rackets and wine from Nicolas Sarkozy.