rubber stamp

See also: rubberstamp

English

A rubber stamp.

Alternative forms

• rubber-stamp
• rubberstamp

Adjective

rubber stamp

1. (figuratively) Of a person, organisation, or process, making decisions or approving matters routinely or without real power.

   rubber stamp politics

   rubber stamp committee

Noun

rubber stamp (plural rubber stamps)

1. 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.

   The library had a rubber stamp to imprint the due date.

2. (figuratively) A person or organisation that approves, routinely or as a formality, matters decided by some other person or organisation.

Derived terms

• rubber stamp committee
• rubber stamp organisation
• rubber stamp politics

Translations

piece of rubber to make an imprint

• Arabic: خَتْم مَطَّاطِيّ (ḵatm maṭṭāṭiyy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 橡皮圖章／橡皮图章 (xiàngpí túzhāng), 橡皮图章 (xiàngpí túzhāng)

  Min Nan: 橡奶印 (chhiǔⁿ-lin-ìn, chhiūⁿ-ni-ìn)

• Czech: razítko (cs) n
• Dutch: stempel (nl)
• Finnish: kumileimasin (fi)
• French: tampon (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Gummistempel, Stempel (de) m
• Japanese: ゴム印 (gomu-in)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stempel n

  Nynorsk: stempel n

• Polish: pieczątka (pl) f, stempel (pl) m
• Spanish: timbre de goma
• Turkish: damga (tr)

person or body approving things without power to change them

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘿蔔章／萝卜章, 萝卜章 (luóbo zhāng)

• Finnish: kumileimasin (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Verb

rubber stamp (third-person singular simple present rubber stamps, present participle rubber stamping, simple past and past participle rubber stamped)

1. (colloquial) To process, approve or decide matters routinely rather than through careful consideration.

   They usually just rubber stamp orders under $100.

See also

• pencil whip

Further reading

• rubber stamp on Wikipedia.Wikipedia