damper
Other forms: dampers
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.
A forecast of afternoon thunderstorms will put a damper on your picnic preparations, and being assigned a long research paper on Friday might be a damper on your weekend free time. More physical kinds of dampers include a device that restrains air in a chimney, by blocking or directing its flow, and a pad that's made to soften or muffle the sound from a musical instrument.
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a depressing restraint“rain put a damper on our picnic plans”type of:restraintthe act of controlling by restraining someone or something
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a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnacetype of:platea sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
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a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillationssynonyms: mufflertypes:damper block, piano damperdamper consisting of a small felted block that drops onto a piano string to stop its vibrationdash-pota mechanical damper; the vibrating part is attached to a piston that moves in a chamber filled with liquidtype of:devicean instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
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