hamper
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Is hamper a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
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What is the meaning of hamper?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (uncommon outside 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.
2. (UK) A gift basket.UK
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To put into a hamper.Examples: "Competition pigeons are hampered for the truck trip to the point of release where the race back starts."transitive
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle.Examples: "Near-synonym: hobble"; "Wife. Away George, away, raise the watch at Ludgate, and bring a Mittimus from the Iustice for this desperate villaine. Now I charge you Gentlemen, see the Kings peace kept. O my heart what a varlet's this to offer manslaughter vpon the harmlesse Gntlewoman? Cit. I warrant thee (sweet heart) wee'l haue him hampered."; "A lion hampered in a net."transitive
noun (English)
1. (nautical) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.Examples: "One afternoon there was a mighty queer noise aloft, which set the men running in every direction. It was the main-t'-gallant-mast. Crash! it broke off just above the cap, and held there by the rigging, dashed with every roll from side to side, with all the hamper that belonged to it."
Definition source: Wiktionary