Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To impede in motion or progress; render motion or progress difficult to; shackle; entangle; restrain by force.
- Hence To impede in any way; embarrass; encumber; restrain; perplex.
- To derange or put out of working order, as a piece of mechanism.
- To beat.
- To put into a hamper: as, to
hamper goods. - To load with hampers.
- noun A kind of basket or wickerwork receptacle, generally of considerable size, chiefly used as a packing-case.
- noun A two-bushel basket for oysters.
- noun A measure for fish holding about a bushel.
- noun Same as
hanaper , 4. - noun A fetter or some instrument that shackles.
- noun Nautical, things collectively, which, though necessary to the equipment of a ship, are in the way at certain times: as, to stow away the top hamper.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
- noun (Naut.) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.
- noun (Naut.) unnecessary spars and rigging kept aloft.
- noun A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles
- transitive verb To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; to entangle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber.
- transitive verb To put in a hamper.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To put a hamper or
fetter on; toshackle ; toensnare ; toinveigle ; hence, toimpede in motion or progress; toembarrass ; toencumber . - noun A
shackle ; afetter ; anything whichimpedes . - noun nautical
Articles ordinarily indispensable , but in the way at certain times. - noun A large
basket , usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals; as, - verb transitive To put into a hamper.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
- verb put at a disadvantage
- noun a basket usually with a cover
- verb prevent the progress or free movement of
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
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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.
David Cameron's housewarming gifts revealed Allegra Stratton 2010
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Except for my husband, who apparently has no clue what a clothes hamper is and what it is used for.
Good Housekeeping: Totally Slobtastic Slackermom Edition | Her Bad Mother 2009
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The winner of the chai hamper is none other than Cathy!
Archive 2006-01-01 Nupur 2006
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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.
Word Fugitives 2004
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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.
Word Fugitives 2004
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Here's an intellectual — William Weaver, of New York City, who wrote, To call it a dirty-clothes hamper is to overstate the case.
Word Fugitives 2004
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Here's an intellectual — William Weaver, of New York City, who wrote, To call it a dirty-clothes hamper is to overstate the case.
Word Fugitives 2004
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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.
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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.
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