Definition/Meaning of hamper

• English - Noun: hamper (plural hampers) A large basket , usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals. a hamper of wine a clothes hamper (US) A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper). (UK) A gift basket . hamper (plural hampers) A shackle ; a fetter ; anything which impede s. Articles ordinarily indispensable , but in the way at…
• English - Verb: hamper (third-person singular simple present hampers, present participle hampering, simple past and past participle hampered) (transitive) To put into a hamper. Competition pigeons are hampered for the truck trip to the point of release where the race back starts. hamper (third-person singular simple present hampers, present participle hampering, simple past and past participle hampered)…
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Middle English hamper , contracted from hanaper , hanypere , from Anglo-Norman hanaper, Old French hanapier , hanepier (“case for holding a large goblet or cup”), from hanap (“goblet, drinking cup”), from Frankish *hnapp (“cup, bowl, basin”), from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz (“cup, bowl”). Cognate with Old High German hnapf (“cup, bowl, basin”) (German Napf (“bowl”)), Dutch nap…
• English - Pronunciation: (Australia, Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈhæm.pə/ (British, Northern England, Southern, Standard, Wales) IPA: /ˈham.pə/ (General American) IPA: /ˈhæm.pɚ/ (Scotland) IPA: /ˈham.pəɾ/ (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈhɛm.pə/ Rhymes: -æmpə(ɹ)
• English - Synonyms: hobble hinder impair disable handicap embarrass encumber cramp cumber