Definition of "tampon"

tampon

noun
plural tampons
1. 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.
  Quotations
  I examined a tampon, from the outside only without removing the wrapper because I did not want to waste one, and considered aloud the consequences of pushing the offensively shaped object into my vagina.
  1988, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 145
2. A double-headed drumstick primarily for the bass drum.
3. An inking pad used in lithographic printing.
verb
third-person singular simple present tampons, present participle tamponing or tamponning, simple past and past participle tamponed or tamponned
1. (medicine, transitive) To plug (a wound) with a tampon or compress.