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Definition: STAMPING |
STAMPING1. A. & n. from Stamp, v. Personal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Stamp |
Date "STAMPING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Metallurgy | In the process of stamping or cutting out, the dies completely enclose the work-piece; in certain cases, however, a single metal die operating on only one part of the unworked piece is u sed; this die is then called a stamp and the operation is termed stamping. Source: European Union. (references) |
Metallurgy | Process for forcing metal, by impact or pressure, to fill the hollows of metal moulds called dies. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A component produced by coining or stamping operation. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | A. Reducing to the desired fineness in a stamp mill. The grain is usually not so fine as that produced by grinding in pans b. A general term covering almost all press operations. It includes blanking, shearing, hot or cold forming, drawing, bending, and coining c. A process for application, by hand or by machine, of decoration to pottery ware; a rubber stamp with a sponge backing is used. Stamping is particularly suitable for the application of backstamps and for some formsof gold decoration. See also:backstamp. (references) |
Public Administration | Applying a stamp on the carcase after the veterinary inspection and the carcase classification. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abode | Habitat, range, stamping ground; haunt, hangout; biosphere; environment, ecological niche. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | There was Hitler, first ranting, then cajoling, then perfectly rational then raging and stamping like a-- like the ringmaster of some freak circus! (The Eagle Has Landed; writing credit: Jack Higgins; Tom Mankiewicz) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Stamping Tin (1901) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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 | Illustrated arithmetic problem showing man stamping on fruit in rectangular tub and man standing in round tub, with mathematical equations and surrounding text. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Ralph Lopez, foreman of a transparent box factory, tells Carmen Zapata how to operate a stamping machine / World Telegram & Sun p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Phil Stanziola.. |
 | Buhl Stamping Co. building, Detroit, Mich. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Glazier Stove Company, stamping press, Chelsea, Mich. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Conversion. Compacts to ordnance. Rex Manufacturing Company, New Rochelle, New York. Stamping the seal of the United States on shells for brass buttons. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Every knock a boost. A little careful hammer work pushes a big gun along toward completion in an eastern arsenal. The man shown is stamping the location line on a medium-caliber gun. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Stamping cut of meat before removing to freezing room. Cold storage locker, Casselton, North Dakota. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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 | A combination of percussion, hollering, and stamping performed in a rhythmic pattern. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Germany shall not take any action, either by means of stamping or by any other legal or administrative measures not applying equally to the rest of her territory, which may be to the detriment of the legal value or redeemability of Germany monetary instruments or monies which, at the date of the signature of the present Treaty, are legally current, and at that date are in the possession of the French Government. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Cries, shots, savage stamping. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The fellows were struggling and groaning and their legs were rubbing and kicking and stamping. |
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Health | With time, other motor tics may appear such as head jerking, neck stretching, foot stamping, or body twisting and bending. (references) | |
Business | There are over 1,000 companies involved in manufacturing/distributing/repair of machine tools & machinery and metalworking & metal stamping machinery. (references) | |
Economic History | Zimbabwe | The Zimbabwe Republic Police are generally well disciplined, but do not give the stamping out of corruption any special priority. (references) |
Ukraine | As long as members of the Cabinet of Ministers make only about US$300 per month while police and other inspectors often make as little as $30, stamping out administrative corruption will remain difficult. (references) | |
Zambia | An investor is entitled to a farm work allowance of 100% in respect of expenditure on a farming land in his ownership which may entail farming, stamping, or clearing works for the prevention of soil erosion, boreholes, wells, aerial and geophysical survey, and water conservation. (references) | |
Trade | Spain | If one of these is not available, Spanish customs levies a special charge for stamping the number. (references) |
Israel | Marking should be done by printing, engraving, stamping, or any other means, on the package or the goods themselves. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "STAMPING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 85.78% of the time. "STAMPING" is used about 211 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 85.78% | 181 | 22,953 |
| Noun (singular) | 6.16% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.27% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 3.79% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Total | 100.00% | 211 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "STAMPING": stamping die ♦ stamping ground ♦ stamping machine ♦ stamping mill ♦ stamping out. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "STAMPING": stamping-ground, stamping-grounds. | |
Ending with "STAMPING": date-stamping, foot-stamping, rubber-stamping. | |
Containing "STAMPING": die-stamping machine. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "STAMPING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | stampim (mintage, printing), shkelje (breaking, crushing, delinquency, encroachment, impingement, infraction, infringement, invasion, irregularity, lap, obtrusion, offence, outrage, overlap, perambulation, squelcher, transgression, trespass, violation), vulosje, thyerje (break, breakage, breaking, breakup, deflection, demolition, fracture, milling, refraction, roughness, rupture, split, transgression, violation), mbeturina (chaff, char, cheese-parings, garbage, kitchen stuff, leavings, litter, odds and ends, pickings, recrement, refuse, relics, Reliquiae, remains, rubbish, shorts, spoilage, survival, tailings, waste, wrack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مهر ختم, صك (act, charter, deed, instrument, writing), ختم (cachet, chop, close, conclude, frank, impress, impression, imprint, round off, seal, seal ring, sealing, set one's hand to, sign off, signet, stamp, stamp about, subscribe, wind up, wrap up), دمغ (hallmark, impress, impression, imprint, stamp), بصم (impress, impression, print, seal), باصم. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | щампосване (calico-printing, impression, printing), облепяне с марки, запечатване, потъпкване (mortification, repression, suppression, trampling on, violation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 盖印 (stamped). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | lisování. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | stempling (cancelling), stansning (blanking(USA), guillotine, piercing(USA), punching), smedegods, saenksmedning (cutting out, die forging, drop forging), prægeemne, porto (postage), maerkning (labeling, labelling, tagging), frankering (franking, prepayment ( of postage )), forsyning med maerket, aetsestempel (acid badging, stamp etching). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | stempelmogelijkheid, stempeling, stempel-etsen (acid badging, stamp etching), stampen en stansen met matrijzen (cutting out, die forging, drop forging), stampen (crush, pound, tango), vormsmeden, vormpersen (cutting out, die forging, drop forging), ingedreven stuk, in matrijzen smeden (cutting out, die forging, drop forging), geprent produkt, frankering (postage), 2. frankeerkosten (franking, prepayment ( of postage )). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | puristettu kappale, puriste (expeller, metal pressing, pressed part, pressing), muottitae, leimasyövytys (acid badging, stamp etching), leimaaminen, kohomeistokappale, happoleimaus (acid badging, stamp etching). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | estampillage. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | stempelung (franking, hallmarking, postmarking), stempeln (brand, check out, clock, clock in, clock off, clock on, clock out, Frank, hallmark, postmark, ring in, stamp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σφράγιση (cancelling, sealing), σφυρηλασία με αποτύπωση με μήτρα (cutting out, die forging, drop forging), σταμπάρισμα, μαρκάρισμα με οξύ (acid badging, stamp etching), πρεσαριστό, εκτύπωση με καλούπι, τυπωμένο τεμάχιο, διαμορφωμένο με πίεση. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שעט" (stampede, trampling), חתמ", "טבע" (coining, impression, minting, sinking), ביול (affixing stamps), רקיע", ר"ו" (beaten out, beating out, flattened, flattening, shallow, shallowing, shoaly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bélyegzés (sealing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | gedrukan, entakan (pounding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | affrancatura (postage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 足踏み (marking time, stepping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | あしぶみ (marking time, stepping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 각인. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | broojey (bruise, compound, compress, cram, crunch, crush, mash, pound, press, pulverization, pulverize, push, ram, squash, squelch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ampingstay timbragem a ácido (acid badging, stamp etching), matrizagem (cutting out, die forging, drop forging), matriçagem (cutting out, die forging, drop forging), franquia (franchise, franchising, frank, postage), estampagem (cavity, cutting out, die forging, drop forging, embossing, impression), carimbagem. (various references) чеканка (coinage, mintage), штамповка (pressing), штампованное изделие, выдавливание (extrusion). (various references) urezivanje (scoring), lupanje nogom, lepljenje maraka, žigosanje. (various references) timbrado, estampado (impressed, pattern, pressing, print, printed, printing, tight). (various references) stämpling (conspiracy, impress), stämpeletsning (acid badging, stamp etching), pressgods, frankering. (various references) preslenmiş saç eşya, presleme (pressing), mühürleme (obturation, sealing), dökme kalıbı, ayak basma. (various references) tarpyldy (trampling), tapyrdy (tramping), patydyr, gьrpьrdi (rumble). (various references) штемпелювання, штампування (pressing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Nahum Chapter 3, Verse 14 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Udwr periochV epispasai seauth kai katakrathson twn ocurwmatwn sou embhqi eiV phlon kai sumpathqhti en acuroiV katakrathson uper plinqon |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Aquam propter obsidionem hauri tibi extrue munitiones tuas intra in lutum et calca subigens tene laterem |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Drawe vp to thee water for aseegyng, beelde thi strengthis; entre in to fen, and trede, thou vndergoynge holde a tijl. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick-kiln. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Get water for the time when you are shut in, make strong your towns: go into the potter's earth, stamping it down with your feet, make strong the brickworks. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Nahum Chapter 3, Verse 14 |
| Albanian | Mblidh për vete ujin e nevojshëm për rrethimin, përforco fortifikimet e tua, ngjeshe argjilën, punoje llaçin, ndreqe furrën për tulla. |
| Cebuano | Pagkalus ug tubig alang kanimo sa mga nanaglibut; lig-ona ang imong mga dalangpanan; umadto ka sa yuta nga kolonon, dugmoka ang bato, lig-ona ang hudno. |
| Croatian | Nacrpi vode za opsadu, utvrdi svoje bedeme, gnjeèi blato, gazi ilovaèu, uzmi kalup za opeku. |
| Danish | Øs Vand til Brug, når du omringes, styrk dine Fæstninger, træd Dynd, stamp Ler, tag fat på Teglstensformen. |
| Dutch | Schep u water ter belegering; versterk uw vastigheden; ga in de klei, en treed in het leem; verbeter den ticheloven. |
| Finnish | Ammenna itsellesi vettä piirityksen varalta, vahvista varustuksiasi, astu liejuun, polje savea, käy kiinni tiilenmuottiin. |
| French | Puise de l`eau pour le siège! Répare tes forteresses! Entre dans la boue, foule l`argile! Rétablis le four briques! |
| German | Schöpfe dir Wasser, denn du wirst belagert werden! Bessere deine Festen! Gehe in den Ton und tritt den Lehm und mache starke Ziegel! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Timbalah saja air untuk persediaan selama engkau dikepung, dan perkuatlah benteng-bentengmu! Injak-injaklah lumpur untuk membuat batu-batu bata, dan siapkanlah cetakan-cetakannya! |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Kumpulkanlah air akan dirimu bagi kepungan itu; kuatkanlah segala bentengmu, masuklah ke dalam geluh dan iriklah akan tanah liat; baikilah akan dapur batu. |
| Italian | Attingi acqua per l'assedio, rinforza le tue difese, pesta l'argilla, impasta mattoni, prendi la forma. |
| Maori | Utuhia he wai mou mo te whakapaenga, whakakahangia ou pa taiepa: haere ki te mahi paru, takatakahia te mea pokepoke, kia u te tahunga pereki. |
| Norwegian | Øs vann til å ha mens du er kringsatt, gjør dine festninger sterke, gå ut i dyndet og stamp i leret, sett teglovnene i stand! |
| Portuguese | Tira água para o tempo do cerco; reforça as tuas fortalezas; entra no lodo, pisa o barro, pega na forma para os tijolos. |
| Rumanian | Scoate-yi apq pentru kmpresurare! Drege-yi kntqriturile! Calcq pqmkntul, frqmkntq lutul, wi gqtewte cuptorul de cqrqmidq! |
| Russian | оБЮЕТ БК ЧП"Щ ОБ ЧТЕНС ПУБ"Щ; ХЛТЕ МСК ЛТЕ ПУФЙ ФЧПЙ; ПК"Й Ч ЗТСЪШ, ФП ЮЙ ЗМЙОХ, ЙУ ТБЧШ ЕЮШ "МС П'ЦЙЗБОЙС ЛЙТ ЙЮЕК. |
| Spanish | Provéete de agua para el asedio; refuerza tus fortalezas. Entra en el lodo; pisa el barro; toma el molde de hacer ladrillos. |
| Swedish | Hämta dig vatten till förråd under belägringen, förstärk dina fästen. Stig ned i leran och trampa i murbruket; grip till tegelformen. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "STAMPING": prestamping, restamping. (additional references) | |
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"STAMPING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: staming, stamming, stampen, stampng. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "STAMPING" (pronounced sta"mping) |
| 6 | -t a" m p i ng | tamping. |
| 5 | -a" m p i ng | camping, clamping, cramping, damping, lamping, ramping, revamping, tramping. |
| 4 | -m p i ng | antidumping, bumping, chomping, clumping, crimping, dumping, jumping, limping, lumping, pimping, pumping, romping, scrimping, skimping, slumping, stomping, stumping, swamping, thumping. |
| 3 | -p i ng | aping, backslapping, beeping, bleeping, bookkeeping, burping, capping, carping, Chipping, chirping, chopping, clapping, clipping, coping, copping, creeping, cropping, developing, dipping, draping, dripping, drooping, dropping, eavesdropping, enveloping, equipping, escaping, flapping, flipping, flopping, galloping, gaping, gasping, gossiping, grasping, griping, gripping, groping, grouping, gulping, handicapping, harping, heaping, helping, hoping, hopping, housekeeping, hyping, keeping, kidnaping, kidnapping, landscaping, lapping, leaping, lopping, mapping, moping, mopping, napping, nipping, outstripping, overlapping, overstepping, peacekeeping, peeping, piping, popping, prepping, propping, pulping, raping, rapping, reaping, recapping, recouping, regrouping, reshaping, ripping, roping, safekeeping, sapping, scalping, scooping, scoping, scraping, scrapping, seeping, shaping, shipping, shopping, sidestepping, sipping, skipping, slapping, sleeping, slipping, sloping, snapping, sniping, snooping, sopping, stepping, stereotyping, stooping, stopping, strapping, stripping, swapping, sweeping, swiping, swooping, taping, tapping, tipping, topping, trapping, tripping, trooping, typing, unwrapping, upping, usurping, videotaping, walloping, Wapping, warping, weeping, whipping, whooping, whopping, wiping, Wiretapping, worshipping, wrapping, zapping, zipping. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-m-n-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: masting, matings, pasting, pitmans, tamping. | |
-2 letters: gainst, gamins, giants, mantis, mating, matins, paints, patins, pintas, pitman, ptisan, sating, stigma, taming, taping. | |
-3 letters: agism, agist, amins, angst, antis, aping, gains, gaits, gamin, gamps, giant, gimps, gnats, inapt, mains, maist, matin, minas, mints, nipas, pains, paint, pangs, pants, patin, pians, pimas, pinas, pings, pinta, pints. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-m-n-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: impasting. | |
+2 letters: misparting, postmating, ptarmigans, restamping, stampeding. | |
+3 letters: empathising, impregnants, impregnates, misadapting, mispainting, mispatching, misplanting, postmarking, prestamping, prognathism. | |
+4 letters: compensating, impregnators, meatpackings, platemakings, printmakings, prognathisms, sympathising, sympathizing. | |
+5 letters: campanologist, compurgations, disparagement, grantsmanship, impersonating, impregnations, mastigophoran, miscaptioning, mousetrapping, paramagnetism, pigmentations, premarketings, promulgations, slipstreaming, spermatogenic, spermatogonia, trampolinings. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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