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See also:Stampandstãmp

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishstampen(“to pound, crush”), from assumedOld English*stampian, variant ofOld Englishstempan(“to crush, pound, pound in mortar, stamp”), fromProto-West Germanic*stampōn,*stampijan, fromProto-Germanic*stampōną,*stampijaną(“to trample, beat”), fromProto-Indo-European*stemb-(“to trample down”).

Cognate withDutchstampen(“to stamp, pitch”),Germanstampfen(“to stamp”),Danishstampe(“to stamp”),Swedishstampa(“to stomp”),Occitanestampar,Polishstąpać(“to step, treat”). See alsostomp,step. Marks indicating that postage had been paid were originally made by stamping the item to be mailed; when affixed pieces of paper were introduced for this purpose, the term “stamp” was transferred to cover this new form.

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Noun

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stamp (pluralstamps)

the first U.S. postagestamp
rubberstamps
a document with astamp in blue ink
  1. An act of stamping thefoot,paw orhoof.
    The horse gave two quickstamps and rose up on its hind legs.
  2. Anindentation,imprint, ormark made by stamping.
    My passport has quite a collection ofstamps.
  3. A device for imprintingdesigns.
    She loved to make designs with her collection ofstamps.
    • 2015 March 6, Jana Kasperkevic, “Stamp and ink shop lives on in New York City's East Village”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:
      Close to the register is a box ofstamps adorned with logos of local business, including one for B cup cafe around the block.
  4. A small piece of paper, with adesign and aface value, used to prepaypostage or other dues such as tax or licence fees.
    I need one first-classstamp to send this letter.
    Now that commerce is done electronically, taxstamps are no longer issued here.
  5. A smallpiece ofpaperbearing adesign on one side andadhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work.
    Thesestamps have a Christmas theme.
  6. (slang, figuratively) Atattoo.
  7. (slang) A single dose oflysergic acid diethylamide.
  8. A kind of heavypestle, raised by water or steam power, for crushingores.
  9. Cast; form; character; distinguishing mark or sign; evidence.
    thestamp of criminality
    • 1689,John Locke,An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding:
      It is trial and examination must give it price, and not any antique fashion; and though it be not yet current by the publicstamp, yet it may, for all that, be as old as nature, and is certainly not the less genuine.
    • 1863,Sporting Magazine, volume42, page290:
      At a short distance from her were a pair of bathers of a very differentstamp, if their operations deserved the name of bathing at all, viz., two girls on the confines of womanhood, presenting strong contrast to each other[…]
    • 1902 February 28, “The Horse in South Africa”, inThe Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎[2], volume 4, number26, page828:
      Now, the horses at that period were all of a sturdystamp[…]

Synonyms

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Descendants

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Translations

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act of stamping
indentation or imprint made by stamping
device for stamping designs
postage stamp—seepostage stamp
any small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other—see alsopostage stamp

Verb

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stamp (third-person singular simple presentstamps,present participlestamping,simple past and past participlestamped)

  1. (intransitive) To step quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
    The toddler screamed andstamped, but still got no candy.
  2. (transitive) To move (thefoot or feet)quickly andheavily, once orrepeatedly.
    The crowd cheered andstamped their feet in appreciation.
    • 2020, Salt Seno, translated by Amanda Haley,Heterogenia Linguistico: An Introduction to Interspecies Linguistics, page40:
      The native peoples with vocal cords located in the respiratory organs initiate simple communication with slimes bystamping their feet.
  3. (transitive) To strike, beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.
  4. (transitive) Tomark bypressingquickly andheavily.
    This machinestamps the metal cover with a design.
    This machinestamps the design into the metal cover.
  5. (transitive) To give anofficialmarking to, generally byimpressing orimprinting a design or symbol.
    The immigration officerstamped my passport.
  6. (transitive) To applypostage stamps to.
    I forgot tostamp this letter.
  7. (transitive, figurative) Tomark; toimpress.
    • 1689 (indicated as1690), [John Locke],An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […],→OCLC:
      ,Book IV, Chapter X
      God […] hasstamped no original characters on our minds wherein we may read his being.
    • 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, inBBC Sport‎[3]:
      England's superior conditioning began to show in the final quarter and as the game began to break up, their three-quarters began tostamp their authority on the game. And when Foden went on a mazy run from inside his own 22 and put Ashton in for a long-range try, any threat of an upset was when and truly snuffed out.

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofstamp
infinitive(to)stamp
present tensepast tense
1st-personsingularstampstamped
2nd-personsingularstamp,stampest†stamped,stampedst†
3rd-personsingularstamps,stampeth†stamped
pluralstamp
subjunctivestampstamped
imperativestamp—
participlesstampingstamped

Synonyms

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Translations

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to step quickly and heavily
to move (the foot or feet) quickly and heavily
to strike, beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot
to mark by pressing quickly and heavily
to give an official marking to
to apply postage stamps to
to mark, impress
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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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stamp

  1. inflection ofstampen:
    1. first-personsingularpresentindicative
    2. (in case ofinversion)second-personsingularpresentindicative
    3. imperative

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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stamp

  1. indefiniteaccusativesingular ofstampur

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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stamp

  1. imperative ofstampa

Swedish

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SwedishWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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FromOld Swedishstamp, ultimately related to the verbstampa.

Noun

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stamp n

  1. stamping,stomping (from feet)
    Synonym:stampande
  2. astamp, astomp (with the foot)

Declension

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Declension ofstamp
nominativegenitive
singularindefinitestampstamps
definitestampetstampets
pluralindefinitestampstamps
definitestampenstampens

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Noun

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stamp c

  1. astamp, apounder (in or of for example astamp mill)
  2. a tool for hole punching or imprinting in metal; astamp, adie
  3. (colloquial, almost always in the singular definite "stampen") apawnshop
    Synonym:pantbank

Declension

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Declension ofstamp
nominativegenitive
singularindefinitestampstamps
definitestampenstampens
pluralindefinitestamparstampars
definitestamparnastamparnas

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References

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Welsh

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Etymology

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FromEnglishstamp.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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stamp m orf (pluralstampiauorstamps,not mutable)

  1. stamp(for postage, validation on a document, evidence of payment, etc.)

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Further reading

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke,et al., editors (1950–present), “stamp”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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