rubber stamp: Meaning and Definition of

rub'ber stamp'

1. a device with a rubber printing surface that becomes coated with ink by being pressed on an ink-saturated pad, used for imprinting dates, addresses, standard designations or notices, etc., by hand.
2. a person or government agency that gives approval automatically or routinely.
3. such approval.

rub•ber-stamp

1. to imprint with a rubber stamp.
2. to give approval automatically or without consideration: to rubber-stamp the president's proposals.

1. tending to give approval automatically or without due consideration: a rubber-stamp Congress that passed all the president's bills.