stamp
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verb (used with object)
1.
to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
2.
to bring (the foot) down forcibly or smartly on the ground, floor, etc.
3.
to extinguish, crush, etc., by striking with a forcible downward thrust of the foot (followed by out ): to stamp out a fire.
4.
to suppress or quell (a rebellion, uprising, etc.) quickly through the use of overwhelming force (usually followed by out ).
5.
to crush or pound with or as with a pestle.
6.
to impress with a particular mark or device, as to indicate genuineness, approval, or ownership: to stamp a document with a seal.
7.
to mark or impress with a design, word, mark, etc.: Age stamped his face with lines.
8.
to impress (a design, word, mark, etc.) on: to stamp one's initials on a document.
9.
to affix a postage stamp to (a letter, envelope, etc.).
10.
to characterize, distinguish, or reveal: His ingenuity with words stamped him as a potential poet.
verb (used without object)
11.
to bring the foot down forcibly or smartly, as in crushing something, expressing rage, etc.
12.
to walk with forcible or heavy, resounding steps: He stamped out of the room in anger.
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noun
13.
14.
an act or instance of stamping.
15.
a die or block for impressing or imprinting.
16.
a design or legend made with such a die or block.
17.
an official mark indicating genuineness, validity, etc., or payment of a duty or charge.
18.
a peculiar or distinctive impression or mark: a great man who left his stamp on legal procedure.
19.
character, kind, or type: a woman of serious stamp.
20.
an official seal or device appearing on a business or legal document to show that a tax has been paid.
21.
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.
22.
23.
24.
an instrument for stamping, crushing, or pounding.
25.
a heavy piece of iron or the like, as in a stamp mill, for crushing ore or other material.
Origin:
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
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
Related forms
stamp·a·ble, adjective
stamp·less, adjective
mis·stamp, verb (used with object)
non·stamp·a·ble, adjective
pre·stamp, noun, verb (used with object)
re·stamp, verb
su·per·stamp, noun, verb (used with object)
un·der·stamp, noun
un·der·stamp, verb (used with object)
un·stamped, adjective
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| —vb (when intr | |
| 1. | to bring (the foot) down heavily (on the ground, etc) |
| 2. | (intr) to walk with heavy or noisy footsteps |
| 3. | to repress, extinguish, or eradicate: he stamped on any criticism |
| 4. | (tr) to impress or mark (a particular device or sign) on (something) |
| 5. | to mark (something) with an official impress, seal, or device: to stamp a passport |
| 6. | (tr) to fix or impress permanently: the date was stamped on her memory |
| 7. | (tr) to affix a postage stamp to |
| 8. | (tr) to distinguish or reveal: that behaviour stamps him as a cheat |
| 9. | to pound or crush (ores, etc) |
| —n | |
| 10. | the act or an instance of stamping |
| 11. | a. See postage stamp |
| b. a mark applied to postage stamps for cancellation purposes | |
| 12. | a similar piece of gummed paper used for commercial or trading purposes |
| 13. | a block, die, etc, used for imprinting a design or device |
| 14. | a design, device, or mark that has been stamped |
| 15. | a characteristic feature or trait; hallmark: the story had the stamp of authenticity |
| 16. | a piece of gummed paper or other mark applied to official documents to indicate payment of a fee, validity, ownership, etc |
| 17. | informal (Brit) a national insurance contribution, formerly recorded by means of a stamp on an official card |
| 18. | type or class: we want to employ men of his stamp |
| 19. | an instrument or machine for crushing or pounding ores, etc, or the pestle in such a device |
| [Old English stampe; related to Old High German stampfōn to stamp, Old Norse stappa] | |
| 'stamper | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
stamp
O.E. stempan "to pound in a mortar, stamp," from P.Gmc. *stampojanan (cf. O.N. stappa, M.Du. stampen, O.H.G. stampfon, Ger. stampfen "to stamp with the foot, beat, pound," Ger. Stampfe "pestle"), from nasalized form of PIE base *stebh- "to support, place firmly on" (cf. Gk. stembein "to trample, misuse;"
see staff). The meaning "impress or mark (something) with a die" is first recorded 1560. To stamp out "extinguish (a fire) by stamping on it" is attested from 1851 in the fig. sense. Stamping ground "one's particular territory" (1821) is from the notion of animals. It. stampa "stamp, impression," Sp. estampar "to stamp, print," Fr. estamper "to stamp, impress" are Gmc. loan-words.
stamp
1465, "stamping tool," from stamp (v.). Sense of "official mark or imprint" (to certify that duty has been paid on what has been printed or written) dates from 1542; transferred 1837 to adhesive labels issued by governments to serve the same purpose as impressed stamps. Stamp-collecting
is from 1862.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
T he public impression is almost necessarily static: postage-stamp mutual devotion.
Yet there is no mistaking the stamp of the subcontinent.
Finally, few writers of any age have succeeded so well in impressing on their work the stamp of personality.
That's a lot of precious metal wasted for want of a stamp.
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