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rubber stamp

rubber stamp noun: a piece of rubber or similar material with a design or text carved or molded for the purpose of transferring ink or dye to imprint that design on another object.

rubber stamp: a piece of rubber or similar material with a design or text carved or molded for the purpose of...
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Noun

rubber stamp (plural rubber stamps)

  1. (literally) A piece of rubber or similar material with a design or text carved or molded for the purpose of transferring ink or dye to imprint that design on another object.
    • The library had a rubber stamp to imprint the due date.
  2. (figuratively) A person or organization that approves, routinely or as a formality, matters decided by some other person or organization.
    • During the Roman principate, the senate largely served as a rubber stamp for the emperor.

Adjective

rubber stamp

  1. (attributive, figuratively) Of a person, organization, or process, making decisions or approving matters routinely or without real power.
    • rubber stamp politics
    • rubber stamp parliament

Verb

rubber stamp (third-person singular simple present rubber stamps, present participle rubber stamping, simple past and past participle rubber stamped)

  1. (figuratively, transitive) To process, approve or decide matters routinely rather than through careful consideration.
    • They usually just rubber stamp orders under $100.

rubber stamp meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Thai

rubber stamp in Tamil

இரப்பர் முத்திரை, ஒப்ப முத்திரை

rubber stamp in Arabic

piece of rubber to make an imprint
خَتْم مَطَّاطِيّ ḵatm maṭṭāṭiyy

rubber stamp in Thai

piece of rubber to make an imprint
ตรายาง dtraa-yaang

Forms of rubber stamp

Noun
pluralrubber stamps
alternative formrubber-stamp
alternative formrubberstamp
Verb
third-person singular presentrubber stamps
present participlerubber stamping
past participlerubber stamped
pastrubber stamped

Words formed from rubber stamp

Questions about rubber stamp

What does rubber stamp mean?
Rubber stamp means a piece of rubber or similar material with a design or text carved or molded for the purpose of transferring ink or dye to imprint that design on another object.
What is rubber stamp in Tamil?
Rubber stamp in Tamil is இரப்பர் முத்திரை, ஒப்ப முத்திரை. See Rubber stamp meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is rubber stamp?
Rubber stamp can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
What is the plural of rubber stamp?
The plural of rubber stamp is rubber stamps.

Words near rubber stamp in the dictionary

  1. rubber saw
  2. rubber saws
  3. rubber science
  4. rubber shoe
  5. rubber shoes
  6. rubber stamp
  7. rubber stamp politics
  8. rubber stamped
  9. rubber stamping
  10. rubber stamps
  11. rubber tapper

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rubber stamp (page history and authors); rubber stamp (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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