tromp

tromp

verb \ˈträmp, ˈtrȯmp\

Definition of TROMP

intransitive verb

1

: tramp 1 <a lot of knocking on doors, tromping from room to room — Sara Davidson>

2

: to step hard : stamp <tromped on the brake>

transitive verb

1

: tramp

2

: stamp <tromps the accelerator to the floor — Jim Becker>

3

a : to give a physical beating to

b : to defeat decisively

Examples of TROMP

1. We tromped over the grass.
2. Workmen were tromping through the building all day.

Origin of TROMP

by alteration

First Known Use: 1846

Related to TROMP

Synonyms

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

Rhymes with TROMP

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

Tromp

biographical name \ˈtrȯmp, ˈträmp\

Definition of TROMP

Maarten Harpertszoon 1598–1653 Du. admiral