Rubber Stamp Definition

rŭbər-stămp
rubber-stamps
noun

A stamp made of rubber, pressed on an inking pad and used for printing signatures, dates, emblems, etc.

Webster's New World
A person or body that gives perfunctory approval or endorsement of a policy without assessing its merit.
American Heritage
A person, bureau, legislature, etc. that approves or endorses something in a routine manner, without thought.
Webster's New World
Any routine approval.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
To put the impression of a rubber stamp on.
Webster's New World
To approve or endorse in a routine manner, without thought.
Webster's New World

(colloquial) To process, approve or decide matters routinely rather than through careful consideration.

They usually just rubber stamp orders under $100.
Wiktionary
adjective
Routinely approved or approving.
Webster's New World
(figuratively) Of a person, organisation, or process, making decisions or approving matters routinely or without real power, as rubber stamp politics, a rubber stamp committee.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Rubber Stamp

Noun

Singular:
rubber stamp
Plural:
rubber-stamps

Origin of Rubber Stamp

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