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Definitions for Damper

[1] a person or thing that damps or depresses: His glum mood put a damper on their party.
[2] a movable plate for regulating the draft in a stove, furnace, etc.
[3] Music . a device in stringed keyboard instruments to deaden the vibration of the strings. the mute of a brass instrument, as a horn.
[4] Electricity . an attachment to keep the indicator of a measuring instrument from oscillating excessively, as a set of vanes in a fluid or a short-circuited winding in a magnetic field.
[5] Machinery . a shock absorber.
[6] Australian . a round, flat cake made of flour and water, and cooked over a campfire. the dough for such cakes.
[7] slightly wet; moist: damp weather; a damp towel.
[8] unenthusiastic; dejected; depressed: The welcoming committee gave them a rather damp reception.
[9] moisture; humidity; moist air: damp that goes through your warmest clothes.
[10] a noxious or stifling vapor or gas, especially in a mine.
[11] depression of spirits; dejection.
[12] a restraining or discouraging force or factor.
[13] to make damp; moisten.
[14] to check or retard the energy, action, etc., of; deaden; dampen: A series of failures damped her enthusiasm.
[15] to stifle or suffocate; extinguish: to damp a furnace.
[16] Acoustics , Music . to check or retard the action of (a vibrating string); dull; deaden.
[17] Physics . to cause a decrease in amplitude of (successive oscillations or waves).
[18] damp off , to undergo damping-off.
[19] a person, event, or circumstance that depresses or discourages
[20] put a damper on to produce a depressing or inhibiting effect on the bad news put a damper on the party
[21] a movable plate to regulate the draught in a stove or furnace flue
[22] a device to reduce electronic, mechanical, acoustic, or aerodynamic oscillations in a system
[23] music the pad in a piano or harpsichord that deadens the vibration of each string as its key is released
[24] mainly Australian and NZ any of various unleavened loaves and scones, typically cooked on an open fire
[25] slightly wet, as from dew, steam, etc
[26] archaic dejected
[27] slight wetness; moisture; humidity
[28] rank air or poisonous gas, esp in a mine See also firedamp
[29] a discouragement; damper
[30] archaic dejection
[31] to make slightly wet
[32] (often foll by down) to stifle or deaden to damp one's ardour
[33] (often foll by down) to reduce the flow of air to (a fire) to make it burn more slowly or to extinguish it
[34] physics to reduce the amplitude of (an oscillation or wave)
[35] music to muffle (the sound of an instrument)

Words related to Damper

restraint, depressant, chill

Words nearby Damper

damp-dry, damp-mop, damp-proof, dampcourse, dampen, damper, damper pedal, dampier, damping, damping off, damping-off

Origin of Damper

1300–50; Middle English (in sense of def. 4); compare Middle Dutch damp, Middle High German dampf vapor, smoke

Words that may be confused with Damper

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, dampdamp, moist, (see, synonym, study, at, the, current, entry), damp, dampen

Other words from Damper

damp·ish , adjective
damp·ish·ly , adverb
damp·ish·ness , noun
damp·ly , adverb
damp·ness , noun

Word origin for Damper

C14: from Middle Low German damp steam; related to Old High German demphen to cause to steam

Synonyms for Damper

chill, depressant, restraint, wet blanket