to stamp

Examples

• All

• The ethnography that she ultimately produces is indelibly stamped with that influence.

  Academic text (2002)

• When a bureaucrat wants to keep his job, he stamps everything "top secret”.

  The Damned (1962)

• And also he is like officially stamped as being free.

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• That's our first person we see that we want to stamp us to give us that cosign.

• So, look for the ABA to come out and stamp Kagan "well qualified" or something similar.

  Blog text (22)

• There's this new law, where if you're a bad enough bad guy, they stamp "terrorist" on your jacket.

  Suicide Squad (2016)

• Mr. Speaker... I believe this excellent scheme... represents a genuine opportunity... to extend our trading routes... and to stamp our authority on an increasingly vital... portion of the globe.

  An Ideal Husband (1999)

• Oakeshott's first book, Experience and Its Modes, proposed a conception of modality that has stamped his thinking ever since.

  Academic text (1991)

• Your schtik, Earlmundo, clearly stamps you as either an ignoramus or a crypto.

  Blog text (15)

• The critics stamped the new film as a masterpiece, praising its innovative storytelling.

Synonyms

T

to term

vsto stamp

• Formal

53 3.9

To call something by a particular name

is broader and covers general labeling or describing, not only formal names

P

to pigeonhole

vsto stamp

4 7.6

To put someone into a narrow category that limits how others see them

is a neutral label or description without the unfair rigidity

Phrasal Verbs

S

to stamp out

13 4.2

To stop something completely using strong action

R

to rubber stamp

• Informal

8 4.4

To approve something without real discussion

D

to date stamp

1 3.0

Mark something with the date to show when it was received or processed

P

to put one's stamp on

1 6.0

To give something your own style

S

to stamp down

6.5

Stop something by using force or strict rules

Compounds

F

food stamp

• Archaic

153 2.5

A government card or paper that people with little money use to buy food at certain stores

P

postage stamp

12 1.0

A small printed sticker you put on a letter to show you paid to send it

S

stamp of approval

9 3.4

An official sign that shows someone agrees with something

S

stamp collection

5 2.1

A group of postage stamps that someone collects as a hobby

R

rubber stamp

• Informal

4 5.0

A person or group that approves decisions without real thought

T

tramp stamp

• Offensive

2 8.6

A tattoo on the lower back that many people find suggestive

S

stamp collecting

2 2.7

A hobby in which people keep and study postage stamps and related items

R

rubber stamp

1 3.5

A hand tool with a rubber surface that makes a mark when pressed on an ink pad

S

stamp collector

1 2.6

A person who collects stamps as a hobby or to study them

S

Stamp Act

1 7.8

A law that puts a paid official stamp on newspapers and legal papers in the American colonies which causes protests

T

trading stamp

• Archaic

1 5.4

A small paper token shops give customers to collect and exchange for goods

S

stamp duty

• UK

1 4.8

A tax you pay on certain legal papers, for example when buying a house

S

stamp tax

• UK

1 7.2

A payment you make by buying an official stamp and putting it on certain documents

R

revenue stamp

• Archaic

5.6

A small piece of sticky paper that shows a government tax is paid

S

stamp album

2.5

A book with pages for keeping and showing postage stamps

S

stamp battery

• Archaic

9.9

A machine with heavy metal weights that fall to crush rock to get gold

S

stamp dealer

3.6

A person or shop that buys and sells stamps for collectors

S

stamp mill

• Archaic

9.3

A machine that crushes rock to get metal from it

S

stamp pad

2.5

A small pad soaked with ink that you press a rubber block on to mark paper

V

vintage postage stamp

7.8

A small old paper used to pay for sending letters and often kept by collectors

How Strong

to stigmatize

• US

24 7.5

to brand

53 4.1

to stamp

14 4.4

to describe

∞ 1.0

to call

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology