tampon

A tampon with an applicator

Meanings

A plug of cotton or other absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid, especially one inserted in the vagina during menstruation.
A double-headed drumstick primarily for the bass drum.
An inking pad used in lithographic printing.

Borrowed from French tampon, from Middle French tampion, a nasalised variant of tapon, a diminutive or augmented form of Old French tape, from Frankish *tappo, from Proto-Germanic *tappô. Cognate with Old High German zapfo ("stopper"), Old English tæppa ("stopper"). More at tap.

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