v.
- bring down (one's foot) heavily on the ground or an object.
▸crush, flatten, or remove with a heavy blow from one's foot.
▸crush or pulverize (ore).
- walk with heavy, forceful steps.
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(stamp something out)
suppress or put an end to something.
- impress a pattern or mark on with a stamp.
▸impress (a pattern or mark).
▸cut out using a die or mould.
- fix a postage stamp to.
n.
- an instrument for stamping a pattern or mark, especially an engraved or inked block or die.
▸a mark or pattern made by a stamp.
- a characteristic or distinctive impression or quality.
▸a particular type of person or thing.
- a small adhesive piece of paper recording payment of postage.
- an act or sound of stamping the foot.
- a block for crushing ore in a stamp mill.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: of Gmc origin; reinforced by OFr. estamper ‘to stamp’; cf. stomp.