0 a small device with raised letters made of rubber, used for printing the date, name of an organization, etc. on documents
1 to officially approve a decision or plan without thinking about it:
2 a device used for printing with raised letters, numbers, or pictures made of an elastic substance such as rubber that you cover with ink and press against a surface, or the printed letters, etc., made in this way:
4 to approve an idea, project, law, etc. without examining it carefully first:
5 used to describe a group or organization that gives approval to ideas, projects, laws, etc. without examining them carefully first:
a rubber-stamp legislature/parliament
6 used to describe a decision that is made based on someone else's advice, without examining the facts or arguments on both sides first:
a rubber-stamp decision/recommendation/approach
7 a small desk tool with raised letters made of rubber, that is used for printing the date, name of an organization, etc. on documents:
8 a person or organization that gives approval to an idea, project, etc. without examining it carefully first:
9 approval that is given to an idea, project, etc., especially before it is examined carefully:
Without professionalism, legislatures may simply serve as a rubber stamp for more powerful bureaucracies, interests, or governors.
To further their experiment researchers tested the device using a rubber stamp molded in the shape of human lips.
In fact, they might well be indicating the opposite : that the executive is bypassing congress due to the latter's refusal to act as a mere rubber stamp.
I do not expect you to wave through or rubber stamp everything you are confronted with in the coming years.
The proposed organisation of the council with numerous large committees looks very much as though it must be a rubber stamp.
This is not a client assembly, or a rubber stamp.
At the moment it is a bit of a rubber stamp.
It could not mean a great increase in price if the eggs were marked with a rubber stamp.
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