Damper Definition

dămpər
dampers
noun
dampers
One that deadens, restrains, or depresses.
Rain put a damper on our picnic plans.
American Heritage
Anything that deadens or depresses.
Webster's New World
A movable plate or valve in the flue of a stove or furnace, for controlling the draft.
Webster's New World
A device to check vibration in the strings of a stringed keyboard instrument.
Webster's New World
A mute for various brass instruments.
American Heritage
adjective

Comparative form of damp: more damp.

Wiktionary
idiom
put a damper on
  • to depress, inhibit, lessen, etc.; dampen

    the worsening economy has put a damper on new construction

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Damper

Noun

Singular:
damper
Plural:
dampers

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Damper

Origin of Damper

  • From damp +‎ -er.

    From Wiktionary

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