| stamping ground | |
| —n | |
| a habitual or favourite meeting or gathering place | |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| Main Entry: | stamping ground |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | See stomping ground |
stamping ground definitionand stomping ground
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stamping ground
Also, old stamping ground. A habitual or favorite haunt, as in Whenever we visit, we go back to our old stamping ground, the drugstore nearest the high school. This term alludes to a traditional gathering place for horses or cattle, which stamp down the ground with their hooves. [Early 1800s]