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hamper >

ham·per¹

r) KEY

TRANSITIVE VERB:
ham·pered, ham·per·ing, ham·pers

To prevent the free movement, action, or progress of.

NOUN:
Nautical

Necessary but encumbering equipment on a ship.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English hamperen

SYNONYMS:
hamper¹, fetter, handcuff, hobble, hogtie, manacle, shackle, trammel

These verbs mean to restrict the activity or free movement of: a swimmer hampered by clothing; prisoners fettered by chains; handcuffed by rigid regulations; hobbled by responsibilities; leadership that refused to be hogtied; imagination manacled by fear; shackled by custom; trammeled by debts. See also Synonyms at hinder¹.

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