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stamp


Main Entry: 1stamp
Pronunciation: \ˈstamp; vt2a & vi2 are also ˈstämp or ˈstmp\
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English; akin to Old High German stampfōn to stamp and perhaps to Greek stembein to shake up
Date: 13th century

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


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