Associations to the word «Stamp»

Wiktionary

STAMP, noun. An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.
STAMP, noun. An indentation or imprint made by stamping.
STAMP, noun. A device for stamping designs.
STAMP, noun. A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work.
STAMP, noun. 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.
STAMP, noun. (slang) (figuratively) A tattoo
STAMP, noun. (slang) A single dose of lysergic acid diethylamide
STAMP, verb. (intransitive) To step quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
STAMP, verb. (transitive) To move (the foot or feet) quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
STAMP, verb. (transitive) To strike, beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.
STAMP, verb. (transitive) To mark by pressing quickly and heavily.
STAMP, verb. (transitive) To give an official marking to, generally by impressing or imprinting a design or symbol.
STAMP, verb. (transitive) To apply postage stamps to.
STAMP, verb. (transitive) (figurative) To mark; to impress.
STAMP BATTERY, noun. A stamp mill.
STAMP COUPLING, noun. (computing) a form of coupling when modules share a composite data structure and use only (possibly a different) part of it
STAMP COUPLINGS, noun. Plural of stamp coupling
STAMP DUTY, noun. (economics) A tax levied upon certain documents; a stamp being applied to show that tax has been paid.
STAMP HINGE, noun. A small gummed strip of folded glassine paper, used to mount stamps on an album page.
STAMP HINGES, noun. Plural of stamp hinge
STAMP MILL, noun. Type of mill machine that crushes material by pounding rather than grinding, either for further processing or for extraction of metallic ores
STAMP OUT, verb. To extinguish by stamping.
STAMP OUT, verb. (idiomatic) To totally get rid of; to eradicate.
STAMP PAD, noun. A porous pad, often made of a felt-like material, impregnated with ink, used for inking rubber stamps.
STAMP PADS, noun. Plural of stamp pad

Dictionary definition

STAMP, noun. The distinctive form in which a thing is made; "pottery of this cast was found throughout the region".
STAMP, noun. A type or class; "more men of his stamp are needed".
STAMP, noun. A symbol that is the result of printing or engraving; "he put his stamp on the envelope".
STAMP, noun. A small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid.
STAMP, noun. Something that can be used as an official medium of payment.
STAMP, noun. A small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid.
STAMP, noun. Machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores.
STAMP, noun. A block or die used to imprint a mark or design.
STAMP, noun. A device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents.
STAMP, verb. Walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots".
STAMP, verb. To mark, or produce an imprint in or on something; "a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps".
STAMP, verb. Reveal clearly as having a certain character; "His playing stamps him as a Romantic".
STAMP, verb. Affix a stamp to; "Are the letters properly stamped?".
STAMP, verb. Treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European".
STAMP, verb. Destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot; "Stamp fascism into submission"; "stamp out tyranny".
STAMP, verb. Form or cut out with a mold, form, or die; "stamp needles".
STAMP, verb. Crush or grind with a heavy instrument; "stamp fruit extract the juice".
STAMP, verb. Raise in a relief; "embossed stationery".

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