to stamp
22
1.4
- verb
- /stæmp/
- That's what happens when you stamp on my foot.
- stamp your feet
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Watch on YouTubeHis father only stamped on the floor more loudly.
- His father only stamped on the floor more loudly.
- Turned around and I've seen around six guys, you know, like stamping on him, stamping on him, stamping on him.
- He was stamping on their heads, fucking them up like, like beating them to a pulp.
- I was like, Oh, my God, stamp, stamp, stamp, Right.
- Stamp, stamp, stamp, stamp, stamp, stamp, stamp, stamp, stamp, stamp here.
Examples
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We hang around in front of the cottage, stamping our feet and blowing on our hands.
Fiction book (1994) -
He stamped his feet on the ground that is Africa, and the Earth trembled.
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Did you just stamp your foot?
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But he was gone, his footsteps stamping up the stairs to the sanctuary of his bedroom.
Fiction book (1990) -
There was a soft thud, as of a foot stamping packed earth.
Fiction book (1991) -
The other men called and dapped, stamping their feet on the dirt.
Fiction book (1991) -
"You can't just paint for the rest of your life," says Laura, stamping her foot.
Fiction book (1994) -
Before Ice Fire, the young men leapt and danced, their feet stamping in rhythm with the wavering chants.
Fiction book (1990) -
As he walked through the puddles, he couldn't help but stamp his feet, creating a splash.
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The angry child began to stamp his feet when he was told it was time to leave the playground.
Synonyms
96
3.0
To step on something with your foot, often pressing down
77
2.9
To walk heavily and loudly to show anger or determination
9
6.3
To walk with heavy noisy steps that make loud sounds
9
3.1
To walk with heavy noisy steps that make a loud sound
5
5.9
To walk with heavy noisy steps that show effort or anger
4
7.5
To walk with heavy, noisy steps that make a loud sound
1
4.9
To walk with heavy, clumsy, noisy steps
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Archaic
138
2.5
A government card or paper that people with little money use to buy food at certain stores
- UK
2
7.2
A payment you make by buying an official stamp and putting it on certain documents
1
7.8
A law that puts a paid official stamp on newspapers and legal papers in the American colonies which causes protests
- Archaic
1
5.4
A small paper token shops give customers to collect and exchange for goods
A small old paper used to pay for sending letters and often kept by collectors
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb stamp meaning to walk with heavy, forceful steps comes from an old word for 'to pound', so to stamp is to put your foot down hard and make a loud sound.