Stamp | Mean of stamp in English Dictionary
/ˈstæmp/
- Noun
- a small piece of paper that you buy and then stick to an envelope or package to pay the cost of mailing it
- a 39-cent stamp
- a small piece of paper that is attached to something and that shows that a tax or fee has been paid
- a device or tool that is used to mark something (such as a piece of paper) with a design, pattern, word, etc., by being pushed against a surface
- the mark made by a stamp
- There was a stamp on the letter showing the date when it was received.
- a sign of a special or specific quality
- Her poetry bears the stamp of genius.
- His quiet manner gives/lends his words the stamp of authority. [=makes his words seem authoritative]
- an indication of something
- She gave the plan her stamp of approval. [=she approved the plan]
- an important or lasting effect
- He put/left his stamp on the process. [=he affected/changed the process in some important way]
- a particular kind or type
- He was a man of a different stamp. [=he was a different sort of man]
- the act of bringing your foot down heavily and noisily
- an angry stamp of his foot
- Verb
- to bring (your foot) down heavily and noisily
- He stamped his foot in anger.
- The fans cheered and stamped [=stomped] their feet as the team took the lead.
- to walk heavily and noisily
- She stamped [=stomped] off in a huff.
- He stamped out of the room.
- to use a special device (called a stamp) to put a design, word, etc., on something
- She stamped the bill “paid.”
- He stamped the date on the letter. = He stamped the letter with the date.
- to form (something) with a device that presses down on a material and cuts out shapes
- newly stamped coins
- to cause (something) to stay in your mind or memory
- The event is stamped [=imprinted] in her mind.
- to attach a postage stamp to (something)
- stamp a letter
- a stamped envelope
- to show that (someone) is (a particular type of person)
- The decision stamped him as a man of honor.
- to step heavily on (something) with your foot
- She accidentally stamped on my toe.
- to end (something) in a forceful way
- The city council stamped on any efforts to build a liquor store.
- to stop or destroy (something bad)
- stamp out smallpox/corruption
- to stop (something) from burning by stepping on it forcefully with your feet
- stamp out a fire
- She stamped the cigarette out. [=she put out the cigarette by stepping on it]