0 a device that reduces vibration (= fast shaking), for example in an engine:
The system includes a motor with appropriate gear transmission and a damper.
The new model has new springs and dampers and a sports exhaust.
A damper, made of soft felt, presses against each string and prevents it from vibrating until it is wanted.
The melody resounds as if the damper pedal were being pressed on a piano.
Vent-free fireplaces have no need for a damper.
The worker in the boiler room said he was just about to close the damper when the explosion took place.
Both the kids were sick while we were in Boston, so that put a damper on things.
Uncertainty about whether the treaty will be ratified has put a damper on new projects.
1 a simple type of bread made with flour and water and without yeast, traditionally cooked on a fire:
Fear of rising prices has already helped put a damper on the markets.
We both work full-time, which puts a damper on our social life.
Tea was a picnic of damper (yeast-free bread) straight from the fire and traditional billy tea, brewed over the coals.
Eva enjoyed "dampers", a kind of bread without yeast made by the swagmen on their wanderings.
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