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🖋️ A rubber stamp 🖋️ To stamp by hand
to handstamp

to handstamp

1 5.7
Press a small tool onto paper or a ticket to make an official mark
  • verb
  • /ˈhændˌstæmp/
  • Formal
: sellar
  • She handstamped each ticket at the entrance to the event.

Examples

  • The clerk handstamped the document before returning it to me.

  • Please handstamp the form before submitting it.

  • Every outgoing parcel must be handstamped to confirm it has been checked.

  • The clerk handstamped my documents quickly.

  • The clerk will handstamp all documents to confirm their authenticity.

  • Please handstamp your approval on the form before submitting it.

  • Make sure to handstamp the package to indicate that it has been processed.

Synonyms

to rubberstamp
vsto handstamp
  • Formal
1 4.6

Mark a document with a rubber stamp to show it is approved

focuses mainly on showing official approval rather than broader confirmation

Surface Forms

handstamp infinitive
handstamped past
handstamped past participle
handstamping present participle
handstamps third person singular

Etymology

To handstamp is to press a stamp by hand to put a mark on paper or a ticket, which is why the verb means to mark something officially or to show entry.