stamp
verb
[ stamp ]
• bring down (one's foot) heavily on the ground or on something on the ground.
• "he stamped his foot in frustration"
• impress a pattern or mark on (a surface, object, or document) using an engraved or inked block or die.
• "the woman stamped my passport"
Similar:
imprint,
print,
impress,
punch,
inscribe,
engrave,
chase,
etch,
carve,
emboss,
deboss,
brand,
frank,
mark,
label,
• fix a postage stamp or stamps on to (a letter).
• "Annie stamped the envelope for her"
• crush or pulverize (ore).
stamp
noun
• an instrument for stamping a pattern or mark, in particular an engraved or inked block or die.
• a small adhesive piece of paper stuck to something to show that an amount of money has been paid, in particular a postage stamp.
• "a first-class stamp"
• an act or sound of stamping with the foot.
• "the stamp of boots on the bare floor"
• a block for crushing ore in a stamp mill.
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘crush to a powder’): of Germanic origin; related to German stampfen ‘stamp with the foot’; reinforced by Old French estamper ‘to stamp’. Compare with stomp.
