Meaning of hamper in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals

  Example: a clothes hamper

• (uncommon except in) A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper), as opposed to a covered wicker basket which is a true hamper

verb

• To put into a hamper.

  Example: Competition pigeons are hampered for the truck trip to the point of release where the race back starts.

noun

• A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.

• Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.

verb

• To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle

• To impede in motion or progress.