damper

1. Something that damps or checks:

   (countable, uncountable)A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air.

   Luftklappe

   регуля́тор тя́гиreguljátor tjági, дымова́я засло́нкаdymovája zaslónka, вью́шкаvʹjúška

   в'ю́шкаvʺjúška

   a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace

2. (countable, uncountable)A contrivance (sordine), as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.

   Dämpfer

   де́мпферdɛ́mpfer, амортизаторamortizator, гаситель колебанийgasitelʹ kolebanij

3. (countable, uncountable)Something that kills the mood.

   Dämpfer

4. (countable, uncountable)A device that decreases the oscillations of a system.

   a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations

5. (countable, uncountable)A shock absorber.

6. (Australia, New Zealand, countable, uncountable)Bread made from a basic recipe of flour, water, milk, and salt, but without yeast.

7. (UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable)A shop till.

1. Tom always puts a damper on things.

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2. The air grew noticeably cooler and damper.

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3. I wonder if we can redesign the comment system so as to put a damper on all the negativity.

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