n.
Pronunciation: ' stamp; vt2a & vi2 are also ' stämp or ' sto ̇ mp
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English; akin to Old High German stampf ō n to stamp and perhaps to Greek stembein to shake up
Date: 13th century
transitive verb
1 : to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument
2 a (1) : to strike or beat forcibly with the bottom of the foot (2) : to bring down (the foot) forcibly b : to extinguish or destroy by or as if by stamping with the foot ― usually used with out < stamp out cancer>
3 a : IMPRESS , IMPRINT < stamp “ paid ” on the bill> b : to attach a stamp to
4 : to cut out, bend, or form with a stamp or die
5 a : to provide with a distinctive character < stamp ed with a dreary, institutionalized look ― Bernard Taper> b : CHARACTERIZE < stamp ed as honest women ― W. M. Thackeray>
intransitive verb
1 : POUND 1
2 : to strike or thrust the foot forcibly or noisily downward