rubber-stamp

rub·ber-stamp

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [ruhb-er stamp]
- /ˈrʌb ər stæmp/
- /ˈrʌbə(r) stæmp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ruhb-er stamp]
- /ˈrʌb ər stæmp/

Definitions of rubber-stamp word

verb with object rubber-stamp to imprint with a rubber stamp. 1
verb with object rubber-stamp to give approval automatically or without consideration: to rubber-stamp the president's proposals. 1
adjective rubber-stamp tending to give approval automatically or without due consideration: a rubber-stamp Congress that passed all the president's bills. 1
noun rubber-stamp a device with a rubber printing surface that becomes coated with ink by being pressed on an ink-saturated pad, used for imprinting dates, addresses, standard designations or notices, etc., by hand. 1
noun rubber-stamp a person or government agency that gives approval automatically or routinely. 1
noun rubber-stamp such approval. 1

See all 6 definitions of rubber-stamp

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Origin of rubber-stamp

First appearance:

before 1915

One of the 14% newest English words

First recorded in 1915-20; v. use of rubber stamp

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Parts of speech for Rubber-stamp

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Rubber-stamp

rubber-stamp popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 74% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

Synonyms for rubber-stamp

verb rubber-stamp

accept — If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it.
affirm — If you affirm that something is true or that something exists, you state firmly and publicly that it is true or exists.
authorize — If someone in a position of authority authorizes something, they give their official permission for it to happen.
certify — If someone in an official position certifies something, they officially state that it is true.
check on — to stop or arrest the motion of suddenly or forcibly: He checked the horse at the edge of the cliff.

All 45 Synonyms of rubber-stamp