Glocker
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You forgot this part of the definition of DAMPEN:Just passing on a pet peeve that one of my engineering professors pounded into my head. I would guess that 'most' of you are damping your tailgates, not dampening them, though some of you may enjoy a moist tailgate.
Damp:
Definition of damp transitive verb. 1a : to affect with or as if with a noxious gas : choke. b : to diminish the activity or intensity of damping down the causes of inflation liquid damps out compass oscillations. c : to check the vibration or oscillation of
Dampen:
verb (used with object)
to make damp; moisten: to dampen a sponge. to dampen one's spirits.
make less strong or intense.
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