1. (

• stomp ,
• stamp ,
• stump

) walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots" ;

2. (

• stamp ,

) to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something; "a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps" ;

3. (

• stamp

) reveal clearly as having a certain character; "His playing stamps him as a Romantic" ;

4. (

• stamp ,

) affix a stamp to; "Are the letters properly stamped?" ;

5. (

• pigeonhole ,
• stereotype ,
• stamp

) treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European" ;

6. (

• stamp

) destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot; "Stamp fascism into submission"; "stamp out tyranny" ;

7. (

• stamp

) form or cut out with a mold, form, or die; "stamp needles" ;

8. (

• stamp ,

) crush or grind with a heavy instrument; "stamp fruit extract the juice" ;

9. (

• emboss ,
• boss ,
• stamp ,

) raise in a relief; "embossed stationery" ;