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Added 9 October 2026

stamp

/stæmp/ noun

In Latin: imprimō Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about stamp at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The distinctive form in which a thing is made.
pottery of this cast was found throughout the region
A type or class.
more men of his stamp are needed
A symbol that is the result of printing or engraving.
he put his stamp on the envelope

verb

Walk heavily.
The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots
To mark, or produce an imprint in or on something.
a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps
Reveal clearly as having a certain character.
His playing stamps him as a Romantic

Origin

From Middle English stampen (“to pound, crush”), from assumed Old English *stampian, variant of Old English stempan (“to crush, pound, pound in mortar, stamp”), from Proto-West Germanic *stampōn, *stampijan, from Proto-Germanic *stampōną, *stampijaną (“to trample, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *stemb- (“to trample down”). Cognate with Dutch stampen (“to stamp, pitch”), German stampfen (“to stamp”), Danish stampe (“to stamp”), Swedish stampa (“to stomp”), Occitan estampar, Polish stąpać (“to step, treat”). See also stomp, step.

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