stamp

¹stamp

verb
\ˈstamp; vt2a & vi2 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

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Rhymes with STAMP

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