stomp

¹stomp

verb \ˈstämp, ˈstȯmp\

Definition of STOMP

transitive verb

: stamp 2

intransitive verb

1

: to walk with a loud heavy step usually in anger <stomped out of the office in a fit>

2

: stamp 2 <stomped on the brakes>

Examples of STOMP

1. He stomped angrily out of the room.
2. The fans were stomping their feet and shouting.

Origin of STOMP

by alteration

First Known Use: 1803

Related to STOMP

Synonyms: barge, clomp, clump, flog [British], flounder, galumph, lump, plod, pound, scuff, scuffle, shamble, shuffle, slog, slough, stamp, lumber, stumble, stump, tramp, tromp, trudge

Antonyms: breeze, coast, glide, slide, waltz, whisk

Related Words: drag, flop, haul; blunder, careen, dodder, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, waddle, weave, wobble (also wabble)

Near Antonyms: drift, float, hang, hover, poise, waft

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Rhymes with STOMP

champ, chomp, clomp, comp, pomp, romp, stamp, swamp, tramp, tromp, whomp