Stamp Definition

stămp

stamped, stamping, stamps

verb

stamped, stamping, stamps

To bring (the foot) down forcibly on the ground, a floor, etc.

Webster's New World

To strike down on forcibly with the foot.

To stamp the floor in anger.

Webster's New World

To remove by stamping the foot or feet.

To stamp the snow from one's boots.

Webster's New World

To beat, crush, etc. in a specified way by treading on heavily.

To stamp the grass down to the earth.

Webster's New World

To subdue, destroy, or eliminate.

Stamped the rebellion; stamp out a fire.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

noun

stamps

The act of stamping.

Webster's New World

A machine, tool, etc. used for stamping or crushing ore, etc.

Webster's New World

Any tool or implement, as a die, used by being forcibly brought against something to mark or shape it.

Webster's New World

A mark or form made by such a tool or implement.

Webster's New World

A mark, seal, impression, etc. used to show officially that a tax has been paid, authority given, etc.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

idiom

stamp out

to beat, crush, or put out by treading on forcibly
to stamp out a fire, a cigarette, etc.
to crush, suppress, or squelch

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Stamp

Singular:

stamp

Plural:

From Middle English stampen (“to pound, crush"), from assumed Old English *stampian, variant of Old English stempan (“to crush, pound, pound in mortar, stamp"), from Proto-Germanic *stampijanÄ… (“to trample, beat"), from Proto-Indo-European *stemb- (“to trample down"). Cognate with Dutch stampen (“to stamp, pitch"), German stampfen (“to stamp"), Danish stampe (“to stamp"), Swedish stampa (“to stomp"), Occitan estampar. See also stomp.

From Wiktionary
Middle English stampen possibly alteration of Old English stempan to pound in a mortar

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition