RUBBER STAMP


Meaning of RUBBER STAMP in English

noun

1. : a stamp of rubber for making imprints

2.

a. : a person who echoes the words, opinions, or mannerisms of others : one without originality

b. : a group (as a legislative body) or a person that approves or endorses a program or policy with little or no dissent or discussion

it is probably not fair to consider the council merely a rubber stamp — F.A.Ogg & Harold Zink

others have been more amenable rubber stamps for administration policy — Economist

3.

a. : something (as an expression) that duplicates without originality a common mode or pattern : stereotype , cliché

the usual rubber stamps of criticism — H.L.Mencken

your windows can be … rich without being rubber stamp — American Home

b. : an endorsement or approval especially when given with slight study or discussion

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.