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Word entry · 5 letters

stamp

Best crossword clue

"Mail sticker"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /stæmp/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ampstStarts with SEnds with P2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot

Word 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”).

Used in a sentence

  • The horse gave two quick stamps and rose up on its hind legs.
  • Just then there was a sound of footsteps, and the Boy ran past near them, and with a stamp of feet and a flash of white tails the two strange rabbits disappeared.
  • My passport has quite a collection of stamps.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Mail sticker5 letters
02Mark with a seal5 letters

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