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- Dictionarydamp·er/ˈdampər/
noun
- 1. a person or thing that has a depressing, subduing, or inhibiting effect: "another damper on reactor development was the problem of safeguards"
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The meaning of DAMPER is a dulling or deadening influence. How to use damper in a sentence.
a device that stops a piano string from making a sound, that can be stopped from working by pressing a key or pedal: A damper, made of soft felt, presses against each string and prevents it from vibrating until it is wanted. damper pedal The melody resounds as if the damper pedal were being pressed on a piano. [ C ]
Damper definition: a person or thing that damps or depresses. See examples of DAMPER used in a sentence.
noun. 1. a person, event, or circumstance that depresses or discourages. 2. See put a damper on. 3. a movable plate to regulate the draught in a stove or furnace flue. 4. a device to reduce electronic, mechanical, acoustic, or aerodynamic oscillations in a system. 5. music.
1. One that deadens, restrains, or depresses: Rain put a damper on our picnic plans. 2. An adjustable plate, as in the flue of a furnace or stove, for controlling the draft. 3. Music. a. A device in various keyboard instruments for deadening the vibrations of the strings. b. A mute for various brass instruments. 4.
When you put a damper on something, you restrain it or inhibit it. Putting a damper on things usually means bringing them down — your car troubles might put a damper on your travel plans.
DAMPER meaning: 1 : a flat piece of metal in a fireplace, furnace, etc., that controls the amount of air that can enter; 2 : a small piece of wood inside a piano that is covered with cloth and that stops the movement of a piano string.
damper (on something) (informal) a thing that makes something less pleasant, successful, etc. Lily isn't letting motherhood put a damper on her social life. The only damper on the show was the rain at the closing ceremony.
Noun. Adjective. Idiom. Filter. 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. Similar definitions.
to make something less enjoyable, successful, etc. Rain put a damper on the event. Recession in the early nineties put a damper on growth. See damper in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
