[
US
/ˈdæmpɝ/
]
[ UK /dˈæmpɐ/ ]
[ UK /dˈæmpɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations
- a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace
-
a depressing restraint
rain put a damper on our picnic plans
How To Use damper In A Sentence
- During performance, most students will need to stand while depressing the damper pedal to access the interior of the piano.
- MRF damper oriented semi active suspension of tracked vehicle, whose damping force can be controlled and adjusted following the environment, can relieve the vehicle's vibration effectively.
- Managing your monthly credit card bills can be a damper on your free time, but how about retracing the entire bill in black marker and photo documenting every purchase on your statement?
- Indifferent, insolent, squally weather put a bit of a damper on the festive and cultural activities over the bank holiday weekend.
- When you use your fireplace, you can reduce the stress on your heating system by opening dampers at the bottom of the firebox.
- Kozel yelled, and the shuttle decelerated rapidly, for a moment overpowering the inertial dampers. Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire
- And when you want a bite to eat you can head on over to John's camp oven for a steaming plate of stew and damper.
- The tank has been equipped with torsion bar running gear and hydraulic dampers have been fitted to the first and last pair of wheels.
- We may not reach sight reading at all during his lesson because he needs so much help using the damper pedal correctly during one of his repertoire pieces.
- Those complaints didn't put a damper on sales, however, as NPD reported the title sold 114,000 copies in the U.S. in just over two weeks. IGN PS3