hamper
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (GA) IPA: /ˈhæmpɚ/
hamper (plural hampers)
- A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals
- a hamper of wine
- a clothes hamper
- an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels
- (uncommon except in, 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
- Italian: cesta, cesto, canestro, paniere
- Portuguese: balaio, seira, canastra
- Russian: корзи́на
- Spanish: cesto, cuévano
hamper (hampers, present participle hampering; past and past participle hampered)
- (transitive) To put into a hamper.
- Competition pigeons are hampered for the truck trip to the point of release where the race back starts.
- Italian: ingabbiare, rinchiudere
hamper (hampers, present participle hampering; past and past participle hampered)
- (transitive) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle
- Synonyms: ensnare, inveigle
- To impede in motion or progress.
- Synonyms: hinder, embarrass, encumber
- French: entraver
- Italian: impedire, ostacolare, ostruire, bloccare, sbarrare, intralciare
- Portuguese: impedir, estorvar, obstruir
- Russian: затрудня́ть
- Spanish: estorbar, obstaculizar
hamper (plural hampers)
- A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
- (nautical) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.
- French: obstacle
- German: Hindernis
- Italian: ostacolo, impedimento, ingombro
- Italian: ingombro di coperta
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