a person or thing that damps or depresses: His glum mood put a damper on their party.
a movable plate for regulating the draft in a stove, furnace, etc.
Music.
a device in stringed keyboard instruments to deaden the vibration of the strings.
the mute of a brass instrument, as a horn.
Electricity. an attachment to keep the indicator of a measuring instrument from oscillating excessively, as a set of vanes in a fluid or a short-circuited winding in a magnetic field.
Machinery. a shock absorber.
Australian.
a round, flat cake made of flour and water, and cooked over a campfire.
It doesn’t have a whoosh of air or a physical damper rubbing on the wheel to make annoying sounds as the pedaling gets tougher.
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Kitchell concluded, however, that if one wants to minimize damage in the unlikely event of a rare 975-year quake, earthquake dampers should be installed at a projected multimillion-dollar cost.
Flaws and Assumptions Render 101 Ash St. Assessment Meaningless|Sandor Shapery|September 10, 2020|Voice of San Diego
High unemployment, plus continued Covid-19 outbreaks, have put a damper on real estate.
Climate change will transform what it means to be a homeowner|Alexandra Ossola|September 8, 2020|Quartz
Changes in the level of subsidies and feed-in tariffs can put a damper on activity.
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The rain here in Tampa, though not yet at tropical-storm levels, has put a damper on the now delayed convention.