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See also: Stomp
English
Etymology
1803, variant of stamp. Compare German stampfen (“to stomp”). More at stamp.
Pronunciation
Verb
stomp (third-person singular simple present stomps, present participle stomping, simple past and past participle stomped)
- (ambitransitive) To trample heavily.
- 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 182:
- The customer stomps toward the double doors, drawn in by hypnotic organ strains.
- (transitive) To stamp (one’s foot or feet).
- (transitive, slang) To severely beat someone physically or figuratively.
- (transitive, gaming) To completely defeat or overwhelm an enemy, to win by a large lead over someone
- (transitive) To crush grapes with one's feet to make wine
- Synonym: tread
Synonyms
- (to severely beat someone): crush
Derived terms
Translations
trample heavily on something or someone — see also trample
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severely beat someone physically or figuratively
Noun
stomp (plural stomps)
- A deliberate heavy footfall; a stamp.
- She obliterated the cockroach with one stomp.
- Any of various dances incorporating repeated heavy, rhythmic steps.
- 1962, “Let's Dance”, Jim Lee (lyrics), performed by Chris Montez:
- Well, let's dance, well let's dance.
We'll do the twist, the stomp, the mashed potato too
Any old dance that you want to do
But let's dance.
- A style of jazz music for stomp dances of the early twentieth century.
- A piece of music in this style.
- King Porter Stomp.
- (dated) A social gathering where dancing is the main activity; a dance.
- We’re going to a stomp tonight.
Derived terms
Translations
dance having a heavy, rhythmic step
jazz music for this dance
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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch stompe, from Old Dutch *stump, from Proto-Germanic *stumpaz (“stump”). Cognate to German stumpf.
Pronunciation
Adjective
stomp (comparative stomper, superlative stompst)
- blunt, not sharp
- (mathematics, of an angle) having over 90 degrees
- Dit is een stompe hoek.
- This is a blunt angle.
Declension
Derived terms
- stompheid
- stompzinnig
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: stòmpi, stompi
Noun
stomp m (plural stompen, diminutive stompje n)
- stump (short, formless, protruding object)
- Er bleef na de amputatie niet meer dan een stompje van zijn vinger over.
- After the amputation, no more than a stump of his finger was left.
- blow (painful hit with the fist or the elbow)
- Je zou hem een stomp geven! ― You’d give him a blow!
Synonyms
Antonyms
Descendants
Verb
stomp
- inflection of stompen:
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