meaning of hamper
1. A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels.
2. To put in a hamper.
3. To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber.
4. A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
5. Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.
6. a basket usually with a cover
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