tamper

English

a railway ballast tamper

tamp +‎ -er

tamper (plural tampers)

A person or thing that tamps.
A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.
An envelope of neutron-reflecting material in a nuclear weapon, used to delay the expansion of the reacting material and thus produce a longer-lasting and more energetic explosion.

person or thing that tamps

pipe tool

Czech: dusátko n
French: tasse-braise m
German: Pfeifenstopfer m
Italian: mazzaranga f, mazzeranga (it) f, pillo m, pestello (it) m, mazzapicchio (it) m

From Middle French temprer (“to temper, mix, meddle”)

tamper (third-person singular simple present tampers, present participle tampering, simple past and past participle tampered)

(intransitive) To alter by making unauthorized changes; to meddle.
(in professional sports) To discuss future contracts against league rules with a player.

alter by making unauthorized changes

Chinese:
Mandarin: 亂動 (zh), 乱动 (zh) (luàndòng), 干涉 (zh)
Danish: snyde (da)
Dutch: prutsen (nl) met (nl), manipuleren (nl)
Finnish: sormeilla (fi), peukaloida, kajota (fi)
French: trafiquer (fr), bricoler (fr), tripoter (fr), bidouiller (fr) (colloquial)
German: einmischen (de), fälschen (de), manipulieren (de), herumhantieren
Icelandic: eiga við, fikta, fikta í
Italian: manomettere, falsificare (it), alterare (it), manipolare (it)
Japanese: 弄くる (いじくる, ijikuru), 弄る (ja) (いじる, ijiru)

Maori: pororua, raweke
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tukle, manipulere, modifisere
Portuguese: adulterar (pt)
Russian: по́ртить (ru) (pórtitʹ) (spoil), искажа́ть (ru) (iskažátʹ) (distort), фальсифици́ровать (ru) (falʹsificírovatʹ) (forge), подде́лывать (ru) (poddélyvatʹ) (forge), наноси́ть уще́рб (nanosítʹ uščérb) (cause damage), вози́ться (ru) (vozítʹsja) (fiddle)
Serbo-Croatian: falsificirati (sh), manipulirati (sh), krivotvoriti (sh)
Spanish: alterar (es), manipular (es)
Swedish: manipulera (sv), mixtra
Turkish: hile karıştırmak, karıştırmak (tr), rüşvetle kandırmak

(sports) to discuss future contracts

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