stompy

English

Etymology

From stomp +‎ -y.

Adjective

stompy (comparative stompier, superlative stompiest) (informal)

1. (music) Of a stomping style of dance, or music appropriate to such a dance.
   • 2009 January 16, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times‎:

     This Welsh five-piece plays stompy rock ’n’ roll with almost anthemic choruses and a hint of hardcore aggression — the vocalist Matt Davies has an epic scream, although he rarely employs it.

2. Resembling or characteristic of stomping; aggressive-looking in a way that suggests stomping.
   • 2008, Benjamin Tyson Duranske, Virtual law: navigating the legal landscape of virtual worlds:

     It is hoped LaRoche is happy with "Weber's" pigtails, butterfly wings, green tutu, zebra leggings, and stompy boots, because that's what she's stuck with […]

   • 2006 July, Ysabeau S. Wilce, “The Lineaments of Gratified Desire”, in Gordon Van Gelder, editor, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, volume 111, number 1 (652 overall), Hoboken, N.J.: Spilogale, →ISSN, →OCLC, section XI (Desire Gratified), page 112:

     She is still spinning, and the Minion is starting to look tuckered, his stomps not so stompy anymore, and his jeers turned to huffy puffs.

3. With stomps.
   • 1999, Byron Ricks, “In Ketchikan”, in Homelands: Kayaking the Inside Passage, New York, N.Y.: Bard/Avon Books, →ISBN, page 150:

     Wherever they are, I miss them here among the hucksters, and their rough and stompy walks remain as memories from farther north.

   • 2003, Melissa Nathan, chapter 24, in The Nanny, London: Arrow, →ISBN, page 442:

     Then she went for a long stompy walk through the fields, getting her shoes all wet and not caring.

   • 2023 February 15, Kaixin Cassie Zheng, “The Winners of Our Eighth Annual Student Review Contest”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 February 2023:

     In a post-apocalyptic security uniform, Kanye West (hugely controversial himself) introduced the collection with a stompy stride, and was followed by a swathe of models wearing a number of outfits, from formal clothing to grungy work wear to club gear.

4. Stomping; making stomps.
   • 2011 May 20, Jared Prophet, “The Girl”, in Idol Hands (A Rosco Little Adventure; 1), Peril Press, ASIN B0051ZSE9S, page 8, columns 1–2:

     Head to toe she was quite appealing in her tiny silver bikini, a pair of big boots so stompy that asses all over the galaxy were hiding in fear, […]

   • 2016 March 10, Nigel Smith, chapter 19, in Nathalia Buttface and the Totally Embarrassing Bridesmaid Disaster (Nathalia Buttface; 4), London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN, pages 230–231:

     Why does EVERYONE cry at a wedding? Nat thought, stomping her way up the little stone steps to the balcony where the church organs always were. I know people DO blub, she thought, but this is ridiculous. She was so stompy, she completely missed a little sign near the front door with the order of service on. It said: In memoriam.

   • 2016 August 16, Catherine Allison, Annie Baker, Peter Bently, Malachy Doyle, Rachel Elliot, Timothy Knapman, “The Noisy Dinosaur!”, in 365 Stories and Rhymes: Tales of Action and Adventure, Bath, Somerset: Parragon, →ISBN, page 248:

     His huge feet were so stompy that, when he walked through the forest, the earth trembled and trees crashed to the ground.

   • 2021 November 14, Thomas K. Carpenter, chapter 12, in Mark of the Phoenix (Animalians Hall; 3), Black Moon Books, →ISBN:

     Yes, it is a noisy stompy child. See if it wants to play?

   • 2025 November 6, Maria Lanzaro, “The Greatest Stomp Stopper”, in Angry but Brave: 20 Inspiring Stories, →ISBN, page 12:

     He paused, his foot still hovering. Who was this stompy boy? He didn't feel strong and brave now; he just felt loud and cross.

Derived terms

• stompily