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- Dictionarydamper/ˈdampə/
noun
- 1. a person or thing that has a subduing or inhibiting effect: "there's nothing like a swarm of bees to completely put a damper on a graduation ceremony"
- 2. an unleavened loaf or cake of flour and water baked in wood ashes. Australian, New Zealand
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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 ]
The meaning of DAMPER is a dulling or deadening influence. How to use damper in a sentence.
noun. a person or thing that damps or depresses: His glum mood put a damper on their party. a movable plate for regulating the draft in a stove, furnace, etc. Music. a device in stringed keyboard instruments to deaden the vibration of the strings. the mute of a brass instrument, as a horn.
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.
damper. ( ˈdæmpə) n. 1. a person, event, or circumstance that depresses or discourages. 2. put a damper on to produce a depressing or inhibiting effect on: the bad news put a damper on the party. 3. (Mechanical Engineering) a movable plate to regulate the draught in a stove or furnace flue. 4.
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.
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.
