stamp

stamp1 [ stæmp ] noun **

▸ 1 for paying (for mailing)

▸ 2 for printing mark

▸ 3 putting foot down hard

▸ 4 particular quality

▸ 5 particular type

1. ) count a small official piece of paper that you buy and stick on an envelope to pay for the cost of mailing a letter or package: POSTAGE STAMP:

A book of first-class stamps, please.

a ) a small piece of paper that some stores give to customers to collect and use later to buy things in the store

b ) BRITISH a small official piece of paper that you buy and collect as a way of paying for something

=> FOOD STAMP

2. ) count a small tool with a pattern or writing on one side that you press into ink and use for printing a mark on paper

a ) a mark that you make with a stamp:

Did you get a stamp in your passport?

3. ) singular an act of putting your foot down hard and noisily on something

4. ) singular LITERARY a particular quality that is clearly noticeable in someone or something:

bear the stamp of someone/something: The movie bears the unmistakable stamp of its energetic director.

put your stamp on something: He has a chance to put his stamp on government policy.

5. ) singular LITERARY a particular type of person or thing:

The son was a man of a very different stamp.

=> STAMP OF APPROVAL

stamp

stamp 2 [ stæmp ] verb **

1. ) transitive to stick a stamp on an envelope that you are mailing

2. ) transitive to put a mark on something using ink and a stamp:

They didn't bother to stamp my passport this time.

stamp something with something: It was stamped with the words Made in China.

stamp something on something: The book had the library's name stamped on the inside cover.

3. ) intransitive or transitive to put your foot down hard and noisily on something:

stamp on: Mary tried to stamp on the spider, but it scuttled away.

He doesn't seem able to dance without stamping on his partner's feet.

a ) intransitive stamp into/onto/out of etc. to walk putting your feet down hard and noisily on the ground, usually because you are angry:

Riley suddenly stamped into the editor's office.

b ) stamp your feet to keep putting one foot down hard and noisily on the ground and then the other in order to make yourself less cold or to make a noise:

People were standing around, stamping their feet and rubbing their hands.

The little boy stamped his feet and screamed at his mother.

c ) stamp your foot to put your foot down hard and noisily on the ground because you are angry:

He stamped his foot angrily.

4. ) transitive MAINLY LITERARY to give something a particular appearance or quality:

stamp someone as something: The whole episode had stamped her as a difficult client.

be stamped on your memory/mind

if something unpleasant is stamped on your memory/mind, you cannot forget about it, although you would like to:

His face was stamped on Maria's memory.

`stamp on phrasal verb transitive BRITISH

1. ) stamp on something to stop something by taking determined action

2. ) stamp on someone to stop someone in a very unfair or cruel way from doing something

,stamp `out phrasal verb transitive

1. ) to end something bad or unpleasant by taking strong and determined action:

It is our duty to stamp out any abuses of political power.

2. ) to make a fire stop burning by putting your feet down hard on it:

He stamped out the flames before they could grow.

3. ) to press the shape of an object out of a substance such as clay or plastic using a tool or machine

4. ) to produce an object or a particular type of person easily and in large quantities:

The Brazilians seem to be able to stamp out players of amazing ability year after year.