rub|ber-stamp

rub|ber-stamp
1. a stamp made of rubber, used with ink for printing dates, signatures, or special imprints.
2. Informal, Figurative. a person or group that approves or endorses something without thought or without power to refuse: »

Russia charged that the General Assembly was merely a rubber stamp (Newsweek).

rub|ber-stamp «verb. RUHB uhr STAMP; adjective. RUHB uhr STAMP», verb, adjective.
–v.t.
1. to print or sign with a rubber stamp: »

He read through my sheaf of papers and rubber-stamped each of them three or four times (New Yorker).

2. Informal, Figurative. to approve or endorse (as a policy or bill) without thought or without power to refuse.
–adj.
1. using a rubber stamp.
2. Informal, Figurative. that approves or endorses without thought or without power to refuse.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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