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stamp
[ stamp ]
verb (used with object)
- to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
- to bring (the foot) down forcibly or smartly on the ground, floor, etc.
- to extinguish, crush, etc., by striking with a forcible downward thrust of the foot (followed by out ):
to stamp out a fire.
- to suppress or quell (a rebellion, uprising, etc.) quickly through the use of overwhelming force (usually followed by out ).
- to crush or pound with or as with a pestle.
- to impress with a particular mark or device, as to indicate genuineness, approval, or ownership:
to stamp a document with a seal.
- to mark or impress with a design, word, mark, etc.:
Age stamped his face with lines.
- to impress (a design, word, mark, etc.) on:
to stamp one's initials on a document.
- to affix a postage stamp to (a letter, envelope, etc.).
- to characterize, distinguish, or reveal:
His ingenuity with words stamped him as a potential poet.
verb (used without object)
- to bring the foot down forcibly or smartly, as in crushing something, expressing rage, etc.
- to walk with forcible or heavy, resounding steps:
He stamped out of the room in anger.
noun
- a postage stamp.
- an act or instance of stamping.
- a die or block for impressing or imprinting.
- a design or legend made with such a die or block.
- an official mark indicating genuineness, validity, etc., or payment of a duty or charge.
- a peculiar or distinctive impression or mark:
a great man who left his stamp on legal procedure.
- character, kind, or type:
a woman of serious stamp.
- an official seal or device appearing on a business or legal document to show that a tax has been paid.
- Also called local, such a device, often similar to a postage stamp issued by a private organization to show that the charges for mail carrying have been paid.
- an instrument for stamping, crushing, or pounding.
- a heavy piece of iron or the like, as in a stamp mill, for crushing ore or other material.
stamp
/ stæmp /
verb
- whenintr, often foll by on to bring (the foot) down heavily (on the ground, etc)
- intr to walk with heavy or noisy footsteps
- intrfoll byon to repress, extinguish, or eradicate
he stamped on any criticism
- tr to impress or mark (a particular device or sign) on (something)
- to mark (something) with an official impress, seal, or device
to stamp a passport
- tr to fix or impress permanently
the date was stamped on her memory
- tr to affix a postage stamp to
- tr to distinguish or reveal
that behaviour stamps him as a cheat
- to pound or crush (ores, etc)
noun
- the act or an instance of stamping
- See postage stamp
- a mark applied to postage stamps for cancellation purposes
- a similar piece of gummed paper used for commercial or trading purposes
- a block, die, etc, used for imprinting a design or device
- a design, device, or mark that has been stamped
- a characteristic feature or trait; hallmark
the story had the stamp of authenticity
- a piece of gummed paper or other mark applied to official documents to indicate payment of a fee, validity, ownership, etc
- informal.a national insurance contribution, formerly recorded by means of a stamp on an official card
- type or class
we want to employ men of his stamp
- an instrument or machine for crushing or pounding ores, etc, or the pestle in such a device
Derived Forms
- ˈstamper, noun
Other Words From
- stampa·ble adjective
- stampless adjective
- mis·stamp verb (used with object)
- non·stampa·ble adjective
- pre·stamp noun verb (used with object)
- re·stamp verb
- super·stamp noun verb (used with object)
- under·stamp noun
- under·stamp verb (used with object)
- un·stamped adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of stamp1
Word History and Origins
Origin of stamp1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with stamp , also see rubber stamp .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Forget those silly “games played with the ball”; they are far “too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind.”
The Federal Duck Stamp Act raised the fee on stamps needed to hunt waterfowl on federal land from $15 to $25.
Official Donetsk Republic business was log-jammed because the high command had only one stamp for documents and identity papers.
Ad after ad I saw described Hagan as a “rubber stamp,” almost zombie-esque follower of Obama.
The stamp of authenticity can transform a painting without value to one worth millions.
“You must leave this house this moment,” she cried, with a stamp, with gleaming eyes and very pale.
While she flitted into the next room to fetch a stamp, Mrs. Haughstone, her needles arrested in mid-air, looked steadily at Tom.
It need not mention the sum to be paid for the land; it can be signed with a lead pencil: a stamp signature will suffice.
They are all, however, marked by the stamp of genius, and give but little trouble to a well informed connoisseur.
Of the 27 members of the Stamp Act Congress, few if any were inclined to rash or venturesome measures.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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