stamp
see also: Stamp
Pronunciation
Stamp
Proper noun
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see also: Stamp
Pronunciation
- IPA: /stæmp/
stamp (plural stamps)
- An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.
- The horse gave two quick stamps and rose up on its hind legs.
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
- Just then there was a sound of footsteps, and the Boy ran past near them, and with a stamp of feet and a flash of white tails the two strange rabbits disappeared.
- An indentation, imprint, or mark made by stamping.
- My passport has quite a collection of stamps.
- A device for stamping designs.
- She loved to make designs with her collection of stamps.
- A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work.
- These stamps have a Christmas theme.
- A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage or other costs such as tax or licence fees.
- I need one first-class stamp to send this letter.
- Now that commerce is done electronically, tax stamps are no longer issued here.
- (slang, figuratively) A tattoo.
- (slang) A single dose of lysergic acid diethylamide.
- A kind of heavy pestle, raised by water or steam power, for crushing ores.
- Cast; form; character; distinguishing mark or sign; evidence.
- the stamp of criminality
- (paper used to indicate payment has been paid) postage stamp, revenue stamp, tax stamp
stamp (stamps, present participle stamping; past and past participle stamped)
- (intransitive) To step quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
- The toddler screamed and stamped, but still got no candy.
- (transitive) To move (the foot or feet) quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
- The crowd cheered and stamped their feet in appreciation.
- (transitive) To strike, beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.
- He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.
- (transitive) To mark by pressing quickly and heavily.
- This machine stamps the metal cover with a design.
- This machine stamps the design into the metal cover.
- (transitive) To give an official marking to, generally by impressing or imprinting a design or symbol.
- The immigration officer stamped my passport.
- (transitive) To apply postage stamps to.
- I forgot to stamp this letter.
- (transitive, figurative) To mark; to impress.
- 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Thomas Basset, […], OCLC 153628242 ↗:, Book IV, Chapter X
- God […] has stamped no original characters on our minds wherein we may read his being.
- French: taper du pied
- Italian: battere i piedi
- Russian: то́пать
- French: taper (du pied)
- Italian: battere i piedi
- Russian: то́пать
- Italian: pestare i piedi
- Russian: топтать
- French: timbrer, affranchir
- German: freimachen
- Italian: affrancare
- Portuguese: selar
- Spanish: franquear
Stamp
Proper noun
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