damper

== English == === Pronunciation === (US) enPR: dămp′ər, IPA(key): /ˈdæmpɚ/ Rhymes: -æmpə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === From damp (verb) +‎ -er. The name of the type of bread is first attested in 1825, and originally likely refers to damping the appetite. ==== Noun ==== damper (countable and uncountable, plural dampers) Something that damps or checks: A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. A contrivance (sordine), as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time. Something that kills the mood. A device that decreases the oscillations of a system. (mechanical engineering) A shock absorber. (countable, uncountable, chiefly New Zealand, Australia) Bread made from a basic recipe of flour, water, milk, and salt, but without yeast. 1827, Peter Cunningham, Two Years in New South Wales, ii.190, quoted in G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, 1978, →ISBN, The farm-men usually bake their flour into flat cakes, which they call dampers, and cook these in the ashes. (UK, slang, obsolete) A shop till. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From damp (adjective) + -er. ==== Adjective ==== damper comparative form of damp: more damp === References === “damper”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. === Anagrams === deramp, ramped == Danish == === Etymology 1 === A calque of the English steamer. ==== Noun ==== damper c (singular definite damperen, plural indefinite dampere) steamer, steamboat, steamship ===== Inflection ===== ===== Synonyms ===== dampskib === Etymology 2 === See dampe. ==== Verb ==== damper present of dampe === References === “damper” in Den Danske Ordbog == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From damp +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== damper m (definite singular damperen, indefinite plural dampere, definite plural damperne) a steamer (steamship, steamboat) ===== Synonyms ===== dampbåt, dampskip ===== Derived terms ===== hjuldamper === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== damper m indefinite plural of damp === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== damper present of dampe === See also === dampar (Nynorsk) === References === “damper” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Turkish == === Etymology 1 === From English dumper. ==== Noun ==== damper (definite accusative damperi, plural damperler) dump truck, dumper === Etymology 2 === From English damper. ==== Noun ==== damper (definite accusative damperi, plural damperler) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. === References === Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “damper”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1095