hamper
noun
[ ˈhampə ]
• a basket with a carrying handle and a hinged lid, used for food, cutlery, and plates on a picnic.
• "a picnic hamper"
Origin:
Middle English (denoting any large case or casket): from Anglo-Norman French hanaper ‘case for a goblet’, from Old French hanap ‘goblet’, of Germanic origin.
hamper
verb
• hinder or impede the movement or progress of.
• "their work is hampered by lack of funds"
Similar:
hinder,
obstruct,
impede,
inhibit,
retard,
balk,
thwart,
foil,
curb,
delay,
set back,
slow down,
hold back,
hold up,
interfere with,
restrict,
restrain,
constrain,
block,
check,
curtail,
frustrate,
cramp,
bridle,
handicap,
cripple,
hamstring,
shackle,
fetter,
encumber,
stymie,
bork,
cumber,
trammel,
hamper
noun
• necessary but cumbersome equipment on a ship.
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘shackle, entangle, catch’): perhaps related to German hemmen ‘restrain’.
