different between clamper vs clamped

English

Etymology

clamp +? -er

Noun

clamper (plural clampers)

1. One who, or that which, clamps.

   If you park your car in a no-parking zone, watch out for clampers.

2. An attachment with sharp metal prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice.
   • 1853-1855, Elisha Kane, Arctic Explorations: the Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin

     Both divisions are provided with clampers, to steady them and their sledges on the irregular ice-surfaces […]

3. (electronics) A circuit that restricts the amplitude of a waveform.

Synonyms

• (attachment to boot or shoe): crampon, creeper

Verb

clamper (third-person singular simple present clampers, present participle clampering, simple past and past participle clampered)

1. To crimp.
2. (obsolete) To join in an unsystematic or haphazard fashion.
3. To move in a noisy and clumsy manner.
4. To complain in an irritating manner.

Anagrams

• reclamp

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klæmpt/
• Rhymes: -æmpt

Verb

clamped

1. simple past tense and past participle of clamp

Anagrams

• campled, declamp