rubber stampn.

Brit.

/ˌrʌbə ˈstamp/, U.S.

/ˌrəbər ˈstæmp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rubber n.¹, stamp n.³

Etymology: < rubber n.¹ + stamp n.³

1. A hand-held device having an incised rubber printing surface which is inked and used to stamp a message or design on a surface ; (also) the imprint of such a stamp.Associated especially with the endorsement of official documents, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > [noun] > with a stamp or device > that which

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society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > [noun] > imprint > of a stamp or device

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1873 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 20 Aug. For rubber stamps see card of Fred A. Smith.

1880 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 10 Dec. 1889/1 (advt.) Rubber stamp making apparatus... With this apparatus any person can make rubber stamps.

1935 A. Blackwood Adventures of Miss De Fontenoy in Shocks (1936) 279 A doss-house ticket in the name of John Doe, the date stamped on it by a rubber stamp.

1954 A. Koestler Invisible Writing iv. xxxix. 420 Queuing up each time..to obtain the rubber-stamp which granted a further stay of a day or a week.

1989 L. Deighton Spy Line xiii. 187 Werner's livelihood had depended upon East Berlin signatures and rubber stamps.

2007 Stamp & Coin Mart Jan. 73/3 As the RAF had a double-oval rubber stamp with the squadron and Task Force names registered mail is readily identifiable as having come from St Kilda.

2. figurative. A person or institution whose power is formal but not real; a person who or body which endorses uncritically.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > ratification or confirmation > [noun] > uncritical

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the mind > language > statement > ratification or confirmation > [noun] > uncritical > one who

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1910 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 9 Feb. 4/6 No man can go to the Legislature as a ‘rubber stamp’ and become a pillar of the state.

1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes ii. i. 196 The danger of the oldest of all representative bodies becoming a mere rubber stamp.

1976 Survey Winter 66 The governmental assemblies..are most certainly not rubber stamps for the decisions of their respective executives.

2007 U.S. News & World Rep. 26 Feb. 32/1 Civil libertarians and many defense attorneys view the court..as a rubber stamp because there is no opposing counsel present.

Compounds

General attributive (in sense 2).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > ratification or confirmation > [adjective] > uncritically

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1910 Olean (N.Y.) Evening Times 14 Apr. 2/2 The convention system..results in the ‘rubber stamp’ legislator, with a boss and without a will.

1953 Manch. Guardian Weekly 8 Oct. 7 The President does not want a ‘rubber-stamp’ Congress.

1992 E. Johnson & W. Novak My Life xviii. 279 I had already read the commission's reports, so I knew that this was not a rubber-stamp group. These folks were serious.

Derivatives

rubber ˈstampish adj. describing or characteristic of a body which endorses uncritically.

ΚΠ

1932 L. C. Douglas Forgive us our Trespasses ix. 183 An hour and a half was spent..in a rubber-stampish approval of the ‘tentative suggestions’ sent from the faculty ‘as a basis of discussion’.

2008 St Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 3 Feb. (Neighborhood Times section) 8 To categorize this council as somehow rubber stampish is wrong.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rubber stamp
释义	rubber stampn. Brit. /ˌrʌbə ˈstamp/, U.S. /ˌrəbər ˈstæmp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rubber n.¹, stamp n.³ Etymology: < rubber n.¹ + stamp n.³ 1. A hand-held device having an incised rubber printing surface which is inked and used to stamp a message or design on a surface ; (also) the imprint of such a stamp.Associated especially with the endorsement of official documents, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > [noun] > with a stamp or device > that which printa1393 handstamp1676 die1699 brickstamp1837 rubber stamp1873 society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > [noun] > imprint > of a stamp or device printc1300 charactc1384 characterc1384 incuse1818 punching1838 rubber stamp1873 by-stamp1884 1873 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 20 Aug. For rubber stamps see card of Fred A. Smith. 1880 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 10 Dec. 1889/1 (advt.) Rubber stamp making apparatus... With this apparatus any person can make rubber stamps. 1935 A. Blackwood Adventures of Miss De Fontenoy in Shocks (1936) 279 A doss-house ticket in the name of John Doe, the date stamped on it by a rubber stamp. 1954 A. Koestler Invisible Writing iv. xxxix. 420 Queuing up each time..to obtain the rubber-stamp which granted a further stay of a day or a week. 1989 L. Deighton Spy Line xiii. 187 Werner's livelihood had depended upon East Berlin signatures and rubber stamps. 2007 Stamp & Coin Mart Jan. 73/3 As the RAF had a double-oval rubber stamp with the squadron and Task Force names registered mail is readily identifiable as having come from St Kilda. 2. figurative. A person or institution whose power is formal but not real; a person who or body which endorses uncritically. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > ratification or confirmation > [noun] > uncritical rubber stamp1910 the mind > language > statement > ratification or confirmation > [noun] > uncritical > one who rubber stamp1910 1910 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 9 Feb. 4/6 No man can go to the Legislature as a ‘rubber stamp’ and become a pillar of the state. 1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes ii. i. 196 The danger of the oldest of all representative bodies becoming a mere rubber stamp. 1976 Survey Winter 66 The governmental assemblies..are most certainly not rubber stamps for the decisions of their respective executives. 2007 U.S. News & World Rep. 26 Feb. 32/1 Civil libertarians and many defense attorneys view the court..as a rubber stamp because there is no opposing counsel present. Compounds General attributive (in sense 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > ratification or confirmation > [adjective] > uncritically rubber stamp1910 1910 Olean (N.Y.) Evening Times 14 Apr. 2/2 The convention system..results in the ‘rubber stamp’ legislator, with a boss and without a will. 1953 Manch. Guardian Weekly 8 Oct. 7 The President does not want a ‘rubber-stamp’ Congress. 1992 E. Johnson & W. Novak My Life xviii. 279 I had already read the commission's reports, so I knew that this was not a rubber-stamp group. These folks were serious. Derivatives rubber ˈstampish adj. describing or characteristic of a body which endorses uncritically. ΚΠ 1932 L. C. Douglas Forgive us our Trespasses ix. 183 An hour and a half was spent..in a rubber-stampish approval of the ‘tentative suggestions’ sent from the faculty ‘as a basis of discussion’. 2008 St Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 3 Feb. (Neighborhood Times section) 8 To categorize this council as somehow rubber stampish is wrong. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1873
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