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Noun

S: (n) tamp (tamp%1:06:00::), tamper (tamper%1:06:00::), tamping bar (tamping_bar%1:06:00::) (a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.))

Verb

S: (v) tamper (tamper%2:35:12::), fiddle (fiddle%2:35:03::), monkey (monkey%2:35:12::) (play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly) "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts"

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

S: (v) manipulate (manipulate%2:35:00::) (hold something in one's hands and move it)

S: (v) lay hands on (lay_hands_on%2:35:00::) (manage with the hands)
S: (v) mouse (mouse%2:35:00::) (manipulate the mouse of a computer)
S: (v) twiddle (twiddle%2:35:00::), fiddle with (fiddle_with%2:35:00::) (manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner) "He twiddled his thumbs while waiting for the interview"
S: (v) wield (wield%2:35:00::), handle (handle%2:35:01::), manage (manage%2:35:03::) (handle effectively) "The burglar wielded an axe"; "The young violinist didn't manage her bow very well"
S: (v) operate (operate%2:35:00::), control (control%2:35:00::) (handle and cause to function) "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever"
S: (v) massage (massage%2:35:00::), rub down (rub_down%2:35:01::), knead (knead%2:35:01::) (manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes) "She rubbed down her child with a sponge"
S: (v) knead (knead%2:35:00::), work (work%2:35:00::) (make uniform) "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is soft"
S: (v) shuffle (shuffle%2:35:00::), ruffle (ruffle%2:35:04::), mix (mix%2:35:02::) (mix so as to make a random order or arrangement) "shuffle the cards"
S: (v) tamper (tamper%2:35:12::), fiddle (fiddle%2:35:03::), monkey (monkey%2:35:12::) (play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly) "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts"
S: (v) toy (toy%2:35:00::), fiddle (fiddle%2:35:00::), diddle (diddle%2:35:00::), play (play%2:35:00::) (manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination) "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate"

derivationally related form
sentence frame

S: (v) meddle (meddle%2:41:00::), tamper (tamper%2:41:00::) (intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly) "Don't meddle in my affairs!"