stamp

Universal Words noun, verb noun on letter / package 1 (also formal postage stamp) [C] a small piece of paper with a design on it that you buy and stick on an envelope or a parcel/package before you post it: a 28p stamp * Could I have three first-class stamps, please? * He has been collecting stamps since he was eight. * a stamp album * The Post Office has issued a commemorative stamp to mark the event. printing tool 2 [C] a tool for printing the date or a design or mark onto a surface: a date stamp seealsoRUBBERSTAMP printed design / words 3 [C] a design or words made by stamping sth onto a surface: The passports, with the visa stamps, were waiting at the embassy. * (figurative) The project has the government's stamp of approval. proof of payment 4 [C] a small piece of paper with a design on it, stuck on a document to show that a particular amount of money has been paid: a TV licence stamp character / quality 5 ~ (of sth) (formal) the mark or sign of a particular quality or person: All his work bears the stamp of authority. 6 [sing.] (formal) a kind or class, especially of people: men of a different stamp of foot 7 an act or sound of stamping the foot: The stamp of hoofs alerted Isabel. verb foot 1 to put your foot down heavily and noisily on the ground: [VN] I tried stamping my feet to keep warm. * Sam stamped his foot in anger. * He stamped the snow off his boots. * [V] The audience were stamping and cheering. walk 2 [V+adv./prep.] to walk with loud heavy steps SYNSTAMP: She turned and stamped out of the room. * The children came stamping down the stairs. print design / words 3 [VN] [oftenpassive] ~ A on B