tampon
Plural: tampons
Noun
- plug of cotton or other absorbent material; inserted into wound or body cavity to absorb exuded fluids (especially blood)
- A plug of cotton or other absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid, especially one inserted in the vagina during menstruation.
- A double-headed drumstick primarily for the bass drum.
- An inking pad used in lithographic printing.
Verb
Verb Forms: tamponed, tamponing, tampons
- To plug or insert a cotton pad, typically for absorption.
- plug with a tampon
- To plug (a wound) with a tampon or compress.
Examples
- I had to "TAMPON" the flow of bad letters by playing a short, defensive word.
Origin / Etymology
First attested in 1848. Borrowed from French tampon, from Middle French tampon, a nasalised variant of tapon, a diminutive or augmented form of Old French tape (“plug, bung, tap”), from Frankish *tappō (“stopper, plug”), from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”). Cognate with Old High German zapfo (“stopper”), Old English tæppa (“stopper”). Doublet of tampion. More at tap.
Synonyms
vampire's teabag
Scrabble Score: 10
tampon: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtampon: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tampon: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary