stamp

¹stamp

verb \ˈstamp; vt 2a & vi 2 are also ˈstämp or ˈstȯmp\

Definition of STAMP

transitive verb

1

: to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument

2

a (1) : to strike or beat forcibly with the bottom of the foot (2) : to bring down (the foot) forcibly

b : to extinguish or destroy by or as if by stamping with the foot —usually used with out <stamp out cancer>

3

a : impress, imprint <stamp “paid” on the bill>

b : to attach a stamp to

4

: to cut out, bend, or form with a stamp or die

5

a : to provide with a distinctive character <stamped with a dreary, institutionalized look — Bernard Taper>

b : characterize <stamped as honest women — W. M. Thackeray>

intransitive verb

1

: pound 1

2

: to strike or thrust the foot forcibly or noisily downward

Examples of STAMP

1. He stamped his foot in anger.
2. He stamped out of the room.
3. She stamped the bill “paid.”

Origin of STAMP

Middle English; akin to Old High German stampfōn to stamp and perhaps to Greek stembein to shake up

First Known Use: 13th century

Related to STAMP

Synonyms

barge, clomp, clump, flog [British], flounder, galumph, lump, plod, pound, scuff, scuffle, shamble, shuffle, slog, slough, lumber, stomp, stumble, stump, tramp, tromp, trudge

Antonyms

breeze, coast, glide, slide, waltz, whisk

Related Words

drag, flop, haul; blunder, careen, dodder, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, waddle, weave, wobble (also wabble)

Near Antonyms

drift, float, hang, hover, poise, waft

Rhymes with STAMP

amp, camp, champ, clamp, cramp, damp, guimpe, lamp, ramp, samp, scamp, tamp, tramp, vamp

²stamp

noun

Definition of STAMP

1

: a device or instrument for stamping

2

: the impression or mark made by stamping or imprinting

3

a : a distinctive character, indication, or mark

b : a lasting imprint

4

: the act of stamping

5

: a stamped or printed paper affixed in evidence that a tax has been paid; also : postage stamp

— stamp·less adjective

Examples of STAMP

1. There was a stamp on the letter showing the date when it was received.
2. <a stamp left in the mud by some prehistoric beast>

First Known Use of STAMP

15th century

Related to STAMP

Synonyms

impress, impression, imprint, print

Related Words

dent, hollow, indent, indentation, indenture; mark, sign

Rhymes with STAMP

champ, chomp, clomp, comp, pomp, romp, stomp, swamp, tramp, tromp, whomp