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Of a person, organization, or process, making decisions or approving matters routinely or without real power.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, figuratively
Examples
- rubber stamp politics
- rubber stamp parliament
- rubber stamp legislature
- rubber stamp diet
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literally
Examples
- The library had a rubber stamp to imprint the due date.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A person or organization that approves, routinely or as a formality, matters decided by some other person or organization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- During the Roman principate, the senate largely served as a rubber stamp for the emperor.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To process, approve or decide matters routinely rather than through careful consideration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
Examples
- They usually just rubber stamp orders under $100.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
routine authorization of an action without questions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: authorization, authorisation, empowerment
a stamp (usually made of rubber) for imprinting a mark or design by hand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: handstamp
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: seal, stamp
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
خَتْم مَطَّاطِيّ
(ḵatm maṭṭāṭiyy)
— piece of rubber to make an imprint
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Chinese:
橡奶印
(chhiǔn-lin-ìn, chhiūn-ni-ìn)
— piece of rubber to make an imprint
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Chinese Mandarin:
橡皮圖章 /橡皮图章
(xiàngpí túzhāng)
— piece of rubber to make an imprint
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Czech:
razítko
— piece of rubber to make an imprint
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Dutch:
stempel
— piece of rubber to make an imprint
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Finnish:
kumileimasin
— piece of rubber to make an imprint
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French:
tampon
— piece of rubber to make an imprint
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German:
Gummistempel
— piece of rubber to make an imprint
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German:
Stempel
— piece of rubber to make an imprint
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Hebrew:
חוֹתֶמֶת גּוּמִי
(khotemet gumi)
— piece of rubber to make an imprint
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Italian:
timbro
— piece of rubber to make an imprint
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Japanese:
ゴム印
(gomu-in)
— piece of rubber to make an imprint
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Norwegian Bokmål:
stempel
— piece of rubber to make an imprint
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
stempel
— piece of rubber to make an imprint
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Polish:
pieczątka
— piece of rubber to make an imprint
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Polish:
stempel
— piece of rubber to make an imprint
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Russian:
печа́ть
(pečátʹ)
— piece of rubber to make an imprint
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Russian:
штамп
(štamp)
— piece of rubber to make an imprint
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Russian:
ште́мпель
(štɛ́mpelʹ)
— piece of rubber to make an imprint
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Spanish:
timbre de goma
— piece of rubber to make an imprint
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Spanish:
sello de goma
— piece of rubber to make an imprint
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Swahili:
muhuri
— piece of rubber to make an imprint
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Thai:
ตรายาง
(dtraa-yaang)
— piece of rubber to make an imprint
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Turkish:
damga
— piece of rubber to make an imprint
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Chinese Mandarin:
橡皮圖章 /橡皮图章
(xiàngpí túzhāng)
— person or body approving things without power to change them
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Finnish:
kumileimasin
— person or body approving things without power to change them
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German:
Jasager
— person or body approving things without power to change them
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Hebrew:
חוֹתֶמֶת גּוּמִי
(khotemet gumi)
— person or body approving things without power to change them
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German:
durchwinken
— to process routinely
