Inflected forms: ham·pered, ham·per·ing, ham·pers To prevent the free movement, action, or progress of.
NOUN:
Nautical Necessary but encumbering equipment on a ship.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English hamperen.
SYNONYMS:
hamper1, fetter, handcuff, hobble, hogtie, manacle, shackle, trammel These verbs mean to restrict the activity or free movement of: a swimmer hampered by clothing; prisoners fettered by chains; handcuffed by rigid regulations; hobbled by responsibilities; leadership that refused to be hogtied; imagination manacled by fear; shackled by custom; trammeled by debts. See also synonyms at hinder1.
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