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, local stamp.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.
trading stamp.
food stamp.
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.
Origin of stamp
1150–1200; (v.) early Middle English stampen to pound, crush, probably continuing Old English *stampian (cognate with Middle Dutch, Middle Low German stampen,Old High German stampfōn,Old Norse stappa); sense development apparently influenced by Old French estamper to stamp <Germanic; (noun) late Middle English: instrument for stamping an impression; partly derivative of the v., partly <Old French estampe, derivative of estamper
SYNONYMS FOR stamp
4 eliminate, quash.
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synonym study for stamp
4. See abolish.
OTHER WORDS FROM stamp
stamp·a·ble,adjectivestampless,adjectivemis·stamp,verb (used with object)non·stamp·a·ble,adjective
pre·stamp,noun,verb (used with object)re·stamp,verbsu·per·stamp,noun,verb (used with object)un·der·stamp,nounun·der·stamp,verb (used with object)un·stamped,adjective
Traditionally, USPS has delivered ballots sent without a stamp.
ProPublica’s Pandemic Guide to Making Sure Your Vote Counts|by Susie Armitage|September 16, 2020|ProPublica
Much of the operation is funded by stamps and fees to deliver mail.
Info About Local Post Office Operations Is Conflicting and Hard to Come By|Ashly McGlone and Kate Nucci|August 27, 2020|Voice of San Diego
After a blitz of ad spending and careful marketing propelled TikTok into the mainstream, the ascendant social platform has begun using media companies to give it another stamp of legitimacy.
‘A stamp of legitimacy’: TikTok turns up its branded content spending and profile with publishers|Max Willens|July 31, 2020|Digiday
Forget those silly “games played with the ball”; they are far “too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind.”
Forget the Resolutions; Try a Few Declarations|Kevin Bleyer|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Official Donetsk Republic business was log-jammed because the high command had only one stamp for documents and identity papers.
East Ukraine: Back in the USSR|Jamie Dettmer|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The stamp of authenticity can transform a painting without value to one worth millions.
Are Over Half the Works on the Art Market Really Fakes?|Tom Sykes|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Instead, it is giving a flawed, dangerous process the stamp of approval.
Meet Amal Alamuddin, George Clooney’s Wife|Lizzie Crocker, Chris Allbritton|September 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The stamp of approval from the Federal Drug Administration, one of three agencies that must sign off, came within days.
Why Did America’s Only Pot Researcher Suddenly Get Fired?|Abby Haglage|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If Mr. Carter did not like clerical characters of her stamp, neither did she like them of the stamp of Mr. Carter.
Castle Richmond|Anthony Trollope
He was a decidedly handsome young fellow, but with the stamp of dissipation already on his countenance.
Blue Lights|R.M. Ballantyne
I have had a stamp made of the figure and have helped it a great deal, I am sure you will think.