Overview of noun damper

The noun damper has 3 senses

• damper -- (a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace)


• damper, muffler -- (a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations)


• damper -- (a depressing restraint; "rain put a damper on our picnic plans")

Overview of adj damp

The adj damp has 1 sense

• damp, dampish, moist -- (slightly wet; "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist breeze"; "eyes moist with tears")