stamp

Forms

1.A device for imprinting designs.
- She loved to make designs with her collection of stamps.
- Close to the register is a box of stamps adorned with logos of local business, including one for B cup cafe around the block.
2.A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage or other dues 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.
3.An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.
- The horse gave two quick stamps and rose up on its hind legs.
- 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.
4.An indentation, imprint, or mark made by stamping.
- My passport has quite a collection of stamps.

1.To step quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
- The toddler screamed and stamped, but still got no candy.
2.To move (the foot or feet) quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
- The crowd cheered and stamped their feet in appreciation.
- The native peoples with vocal cords located in the respiratory organs initiate simple communication with slimes by stamping their feet.
3.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.
4.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.

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Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *stampōną

Proto-Germanic *stampijaną?

Proto-West Germanic *stampijander.

Old English stempan

Old English *stampian

Middle English stampen

English stamp