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.
- 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.
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