Definitions for stamp
stamp
stamp
Spelling: [stamp]
IPA: /stæmp/
Stamp is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 87 anagrams from letters in stamp (ampst).
Definitions for stamp
noun
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a postage stamp.
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an act or instance of stamping.
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a die or block for impressing or imprinting.
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a design or legend made with such a die or block.
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an official mark indicating genuineness, validity, etc., or payment of a duty or charge.
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a peculiar or distinctive impression or mark:
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character, kind, or type:
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an official seal or device appearing on a business or legal document to show that a tax has been paid.
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Also called local, local stamp. such a device, often similar to a postage stamp issued by a private organization to show that the charges for mail carrying have been paid.
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trading stamp.
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food stamp.
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an instrument for stamping, crushing, or pounding.
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a heavy piece of iron or the like, as in a stamp mill, for crushing ore or other material.
verb (used with object)
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to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
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to bring (the foot) down forcibly or smartly on the ground, floor, etc.
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to extinguish, crush, etc., by striking with a forcible downward thrust of the foot (followed by out):
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to suppress or quell (a rebellion, uprising, etc.) quickly through the use of overwhelming force (usually followed by out).
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to crush or pound with or as with a pestle.
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to impress with a particular mark or device, as to indicate genuineness, approval, or ownership:
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to mark or impress with a design, word, mark, etc.:
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to impress (a design, word, mark, etc.) on:
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to affix a postage stamp to (a letter, envelope, etc.).
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to characterize, distinguish, or reveal:
verb (used without object)
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to bring the foot down forcibly or smartly, as in crushing something, expressing rage, etc.
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to walk with forcible or heavy, resounding steps:
Origin of stamp
1150-1200; (v.) early Middle English stampen to pound, crush, probably continuing Old English *stampian (cognate with Middle Dutch, Middle Low German stampen, Old High German stampfōn, Old No
Examples for stamp
He really understood how to sugar-coat poison as well as any man of his stamp could.
When I reached his side, the stamp of death was on his face.
Forget those silly “games played with the ball”; they are far “too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind.”
Official Donetsk Republic business was log-jammed because the high command had only one stamp for documents and identity papers.
Instead, it is giving a flawed, dangerous process the stamp of approval.
This operation is performed by a female, with the aid of a stamp.
You acted like a hero in trying to shield Alan Porter, and I like men of that stamp.
The stamp of approval from the Federal Drug Administration, one of three agencies that must sign off, came within days.
The stamp of authenticity can transform a painting without value to one worth millions.
Dare you to wear your brother's coat without the crescent which should stamp you as his cadet.