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    ham·per
    [ˈhampər]
    noun
    hamper (noun) · hampers (plural noun)
    1. NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
      a large basket with a lid used for laundry:
      "a laundry hamper"
      • a basket with a carrying handle and a hinged lid, used for food, cutlery, and plates on a picnic:
        "a picnic hamper"
        Similar:
        wickerwork basket
    Origin
    Middle English (denoting any large case or casket): from Anglo-Norman French hanaper ‘case for a goblet’, from Old French hanap ‘goblet’, of Germanic origin.
    ham·per
    [ˈhampər]
    verb
    hamper (verb) · hampers (third person present) · hampered (past tense) · hampered (past participle) · hampering (present participle)
    noun
    nautical
    hamper (noun)
    1. necessary but cumbersome equipment on a ship.
    Origin
    late Middle English (in the sense ‘shackle, entangle, catch’): perhaps related to German hemmen ‘restrain’.
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  3. hamper, trammel, clog, fetter, shackle, manacle mean to hinder or impede in moving, progressing, or acting. hamper may imply the effect of any impeding or restraining influence.
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    Meaning of hamper in English hamper verb [ T ] uk / ˈhæm.pə r/ us / ˈhæm.pɚ / Add to word list to prevent someone doing something easily:
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    To hamper means to hold back or impede something or someone, as in The road crew hampered traffic, causing a line of cars that went back for miles. Figuratively, hamper can mean to interfere with or diminish, as in The singers practicing in the next room really hampered my ability to study.
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