stamp
verb/stæmp/
/stæmp/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they stamp | /stæmp/ /stæmp/ |
| he / she / it stamps | /stæmps/ /stæmps/ |
| past simple stamped | /stæmpt/ /stæmpt/ |
| past participle stamped | /stæmpt/ /stæmpt/ |
| -ing form stamping | /ˈstæmpɪŋ/ /ˈstæmpɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] stamp (something) to put your foot down heavily and noisily on the ground
- I tried stamping my feet to keep warm.
- Sam stamped his foot in anger.
- He stamped the snow off his boots.
- The audience were stamping and cheering.
- She stamped her foot impatiently.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- hard
- impatiently
- about
- …
- on
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to walk with loud heavy steps synonym stomp
- She turned and stamped out of the room.
- The children came stamping down the stairs.
Extra Examples- We watched our mother stamp away down the drive.
- Lizzie turned and stamped noisily out of the room.
- He stamped from the room.
- He stamped off in disgust.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- hard
- impatiently
- about
- …
- on
- [transitive, often passive] to print letters, words, a design, etc. onto something using a special tool
- stamp A (with B) The box was stamped with the maker's name.
- Wait here to have your passport stamped.
- stamp B on A I'll stamp the company name on your cheque.
- The maker's name was stamped in gold on the box.
Extra Examples- Approved goods were stamped with a hallmark.
- (figurative) This is an album with ‘epic’ stamped all over it.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- indelibly
- with
- stamped all over something
- [transitive, usually passive] to make a feeling show clearly on somebody’s face, in their actions, etc.
- stamp A with B Their faces were stamped with hostility.
- stamp B over, across, etc. A The crime had revenge stamped all over it.
- Terror was stamped across her face.
- [transitive] stamp somebody as something to show that somebody has a particular quality
- Her success has stamped her as one of the country's top riders.
- [transitive, usually passive] stamp something to stick a stamp on a letter or package
- [transitive] stamp something (out) (of/from something) to cut and shape an object from a piece of metal or plastic using a special machine or tool
- The hinges are stamped out of sheets of metal.
foot
walk
print design/words
show feeling/quality
on letter/package
cut out object
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘crush to a powder’): of Germanic origin; related to German stampfen ‘stamp with the foot’; reinforced by Old French estamper ‘to stamp’. Compare with stomp.
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