stamp
verb (used with object)
to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
have been stamping
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present perfect progressiveof stamp.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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At Cairo airport, officials have been stamping visitors’ passports with a special stamp counting down the days until the inauguration.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 2, 2015
All night long Dolby and our man have been stamping tickets.
From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 by Mamie Dickens
Why for all the snow in which I have been stamping about!
From The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature by Various
He might have been stamping with his feet, or cocking up his ears, for very frequently, as I advanced, he was almost entirely concealed by the thick bushes.
From My First Voyage to Southern Seas by Alfred Pearse
