STAMP
What does "STAMP" mean?
A small adhesive label showing postage paid, or to bring the foot down heavily.
Meanings
- A small adhesive piece of paper showing that postage has been paid. She licked the stamp and pressed it onto the envelope.
- An instrument that presses a design onto a surface, or the mark it leaves. The clerk pressed an official stamp into the passport.
- To bring the foot down heavily and noisily. The toddler stamped his feet in protest.
- To mark or impress with a design, seal, or pattern. Each crate was stamped with the company logo.
- A distinctive mark or quality left on something. The film bears the unmistakable stamp of its director. figurative
Did you know?
- The first adhesive postage stamp, the Penny Black, went on sale in Britain on 1 May 1840, after reformer Rowland Hill argued postage should be prepaid by the sender, not the recipient.
Word origin
From Middle English 'stampen', to pound or crush, from Proto-Germanic 'stamponan'; the postage sense dates to the 1830s, when the modern adhesive stamp was conceived.
Remember it
STAMP: you STomp And Mash your foot, then Press the paper - the same word for the foot and the mark it leaves.
A little poem
A square of paper-
a small king's profile travels
farther than the king.
haiku
Wordplay
- The angry mail carrier was easy to spot: he had a real stamp of authority.
What it teaches
Press hard enough and you leave a mark; the question is whether anyone wanted your impression.
Quick facts
What does STAMP mean?
A small adhesive label showing postage paid, or to bring the foot down heavily.
Is STAMP a valid word?
Yes — STAMP is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is STAMP?
STAMP has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does STAMP come from?
From Middle English 'stampen', to pound or crush, from Proto-Germanic 'stamponan'; the postage sense dates to the 1830s, when the modern adhesive stamp was conceived.
What can STAMP teach us?
Press hard enough and you leave a mark; the question is whether anyone wanted your impression.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.