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- Dictionaryhamper/ˈhampə/
noun
- 1. a basket with a carrying handle and a hinged lid, used for food, cutlery, and plates on a picnic: "a picnic hamper"
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HAMPER definition: 1. to prevent someone doing something easily: 2. a large, rectangular container with a lid: 3. a…. Learn more.
The meaning of HAMPER is to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede. How to use hamper in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Hamper.
Hamper definition: to hold back; hinder; impede. See examples of HAMPER used in a sentence.
HAMPER meaning: 1. to prevent someone doing something easily: 2. a large, rectangular container with a lid: 3. a…. Learn more.
Anything that hampers slows progress or makes it difficult to do something. You might think that the presence of your parents hampers your ability to look cool. The verb hamper is for those times when normal progress is slow but not shut down completely.
Define hamper. hamper synonyms, hamper pronunciation, hamper translation, English dictionary definition of hamper. tr.v. ham·pered , ham·per·ing , ham·pers To prevent the free movement, action, or progress of: Fog hampered the rescue effort.
A hamper is a basket containing food of various kinds that is given to people as a present. ...a luxury food hamper. Synonyms: basket , case , package , flax kit [ New Zealand ] More Synonyms of hamper
HAMPER definition: 1. to make it difficult for someone to do something: 2. a large basket (= container made of thin…. Learn more.
Verb. Noun. Filter. verb. hampered, hampering, hampers. To prevent the free movement, action, or progress of. Fog hampered the rescue effort. American Heritage. To keep from moving or acting freely; hinder; impede; encumber. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To put into a hamper.
hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work. to interfere with; curtail: The dancers' movements were hampered by their elaborate costumes. n. [ Naut.]gear that, although necessary to the operations of a vessel, is sometimes in the way.
