hamper
nounEtymology
From Middle English hamper, contracted from hanaper, hanypere, from Anglo-Norman hanaper, Old French hanapier, hanepier (“case for holding a large goblet or cup”), from hanap (“goblet, drinking cup”), from Frankish *hnapp (“cup, bowl, basin”), from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz (“cup, bowl”). Cognate with Old High German hnapf (“cup, bowl, basin”) (German Napf (“bowl”)), Dutch nap (“cup”), Old English hnæpp (“bowl”). More at nap.
Definitions
A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or…
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
A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper).
A gift basket.
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To put into a hamper.
- Competition pigeons are hampered for the truck trip to the point of release where the race back starts.
To put a hamper or fetter on
To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle.
- Near-synonym: hobble
- A lion hampered in a net.
To impede in motion or progress.
- Engend'ring heats, these one by one unbind, Stretch their small tubes, and hamper'd nerves unwind.
- They hamper and entangle our souls.
- NR Senior Programme Manager Adrian Elliott describes the progress to date: "The weather has played a big part in hampering the programme. We had the wettest autumn ever and a number of winter storms to contend with, [...]
A shackle
A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA