Stamp - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a type or class
- something that can be used as an official medium of payment (syn: tender)
- a small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid
- machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores (syn: pestle)
- a block or die used to imprint a mark or design
- a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents (syn: seal)
verb
- to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something
- destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot
Extra examples
He stamped his foot in anger.
He stamped out of the room.
She stamped the bill “paid.”
There was a stamp on the letter showing the date when it was received.
...a stamp left in the mud by some prehistoric beast...
The post office has issued a new commemorative stamp.
That episode was stamped on / in my memory.
Her success has stamped her as one of the country's top riders.
Marta shrieked and started stamping on the cockroach.
The horses stamped and pawed in their stables.
Richard collects stamps.
The audience stamped and shouted.
'I will not!' Bert yelled and stamped his foot (=because he was angry).
She stood at the bus stop stamping her feet (=because she was cold).
My mother stamped off down the stairs.
Phrasal verbs
stamp out — end or extinguish by forceful means
Word forms
I/you/we/they: stamp
he/she/it: stamps
present participle: stamping
past tense: stamped
past participle: stamped
singular: stamp
plural: stamps
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