rubber-stamp

verb

rub·​ber-stamp ˈrə-bər-ˈstamp 

rubber-stamped; rubber-stamping; rubber-stamps

transitive verb

1

: to approve, endorse, or dispose of as a matter of routine or at the command of another

They expect that Congress will rubber-stamp the proposal.

2

: to mark with a rubber stamp

Examples of rubber-stamp in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Employment Development Department rubber-stamped a deluge of applications, some of them from state prison inmates, with little or no scrutiny. —Dan Walters, Mercury News, 3 June 2026

The Employment Development Department rubber-stamped a deluge of applications, some of them from state prison inmates, with little or no scrutiny. —Dan Walters, Oc Register, 2 June 2026

Schumer had threatened to force GOP lawmakers to choose to either defy Trump or rubber-stamp the fund. —Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 1 June 2026

The red-carpet welcome continued on Thursday morning with a ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People, a sprawling state building west of Tiananmen Square where China's rubber-stamp legislature convenes once a year. —Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for rubber-stamp

• firedamp
• amp
• champ
• clamp
• cramp
• damp
• gamp
• lamp
• ramp
• samp
• scamp
• stamp

Kids Definition

rubber-stamp

1 of 2 verb

: to approve, endorse, or dispose of as a matter of routine or at the command of another

rubber stamp

2 of 2 noun

: a stamp with a printing face made of rubber