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/ˈhæm.pə/ · noun
A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals..
a hamper of wine
a clothes hamper
an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels
Competition pigeons are hampered for the truck trip to the point of release where the race back starts.
Near-synonym: hobble
Wife. Away George, away, raise the watch at Ludgate, and bring a Mittimus from the Iustice for this desperate villaine. Now I charge you Gentlemen, see the Kings peace kept. O my heart what a varlet's this to offer manslaughter vpon the harmlesse Gntlewoman? Cit. I warrant thee (sweet heart) wee'l haue him hampered.
A lion hampered in a net.
Engend'ring heats, these one by one unbind, Stretch their small tubes, and hamper'd nerves unwind.
Use hamper when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hamper means A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals..
Common synonyms include hobble, hinder, impair, disable.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
a hamper of wine
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