Main Entry:

¹stamp

Pronunciation:

\ˈstamp; vt2a & vi2 are also ˈstämp or ˈstȯmp\

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 verb1: to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument2 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 to4: to cut out, bend, or form with a stamp or die5 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 verb1: pound 12: to strike or thrust the foot forcibly or noisily downward