Stamped Stamp Stamping Stæmp Foot I Room Verb

• 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.

stamp

1. 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.
2. to walk with loud heavy steps
• synonym stomp
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• She turned and stamped out of the room.
• The children came stamping down the stairs.
3. to print letters, words, a design, etc. onto something using a special tool
• see also rubber-stamp
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/rubber-stamp_2
• The box was stamped with the maker's name.
• Wait here to have your passport stamped.
• I'll stamp the company name on your cheque.
• The maker's name was stamped in gold on the box.
4. to make a feeling show clearly on somebody’s face, in their actions, etc.
• Their faces were stamped with hostility.
• The crime had revenge stamped all over it.
• Terror was stamped across her face.
5. to show that somebody has a particular quality
• Her success has stamped her as one of the country's top riders.
6. to stick a stamp on a letter or package
7. 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.

Extra Examples

• Approved goods were stamped with a hallmark.
• He stamped off in disgust.
• His personality was indelibly stamped on the final product.
• She stamped her foot impatiently.
• She stamped on my toe!
• This is an album with ‘epic’ stamped all over it.
• He stamped from the room.
• Lizzie turned and stamped noisily out of the room.
• We watched our mother stamp away down the drive.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they stamp
• he / she / it stamps
• past simple stamped
• past participle stamped
• -ing form stamping

Word Origin

• Middle 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.