clomp

verb

Definition of clompnext
as in to stomp

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Recent Examples of clomp During a quiet moment, Mangione spun in his seat at the sound of clomping heels when two young women entered and took their seats in a row reserved for spectators. — Tonya Simpson, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2025 Its buoyant drums clomping beneath equally rambunctious guitar riffs hit like a scientific fact. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2025 These days, though, there’s no need to clomp around in heels. — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 21 July 2025 Inspired by the artifice of playthings, Jacobs turned to 1960s paper dolls last February, and this season opened the door to the dollhouse once again with clownish, clomping platform heels that forced his models to walk with a Barbie-like gait. — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 3 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for clomp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clomp
  1. stomp
  2. shuffle
  3. lump
  4. galumph
  5. clump
  6. tramp
  7. stumble
  8. scuff
Verb
  • Each day, the women were woken at six, with the sounds of stomping boots and barking dogs.
    — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • There's almost a ballad essence to it, even though it's got that stomping kick to it.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of stomp
Verb
  • Because tokenized stocks exist alongside stablecoins and other digital assets on the same network, investors can move money between spending, saving, and investing without shuffling it across separate institutions.
    — Malana VanTyler, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Lyman and her family stood to leave, and although none of them spoke, the sound of more than 30 mourners shuffling out of a quiet room was enough to halt the court proceedings for a moment.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of shuffle
Verb
  • They were also lumped in with ska and reggae acts like the Slackers, Agent 99, and 32 Tribes.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
  • And so the homicide became a misdemeanor, lumped alongside petty theft and drug possession cases.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of lump
Verb
  • Another way in which people’s carbon footprints become especially galumphing is through air travel, notably in first class.
    — The Economist, The Economist, 28 Dec. 2019
  • There used to be campus dogs galumphing around the quad, fat on a diet of student pizza and potato chips.
    — Beth Thames , al, 30 Oct. 2019
Definition of galumph
Verb
  • Most cataracts develop slowly as part of the aging process when proteins and fibers in the eye's lens break down and clump together.
    — Phil Galewitz, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • In certain diseases including Alzheimer’s disease, tau proteins clump together inside nerve cells.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2026
Definition of clump
Verb
  • Days or weeks passed, but then the dog barked, the mail carrier tramped onto the porch, the mailbox clattered.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
  • The pair’s snow boots tramped the nearly week-old Kansas City snow, two candles clutched in their small hands.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2026
Definition of tramp
Verb
  • According to The New York Times, a detective within the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department who had been assigned to dig into the Shakur cold case stumbled upon Davis’ memoir and used it as evidence to build his case against him.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Drunken dragonrider Ulf the White's rage proves pivotal Debaucherous dragonrider Ulf White (Tom Bennett) stumbles into playing a major role in the final battle with his dragon Silverwing.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of stumble
Verb
  • How to Clean Hardcase Luggage Exteriors The hardcase exterior of your luggage sees a lot of action and can get visibly scuffed quickly.
    — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 27 July 2026
  • Bootleg’s production deepens the sense of mystery, cranking the reverb and scuffing the surfaces.
    — Jude Noel, Pitchfork, 22 July 2026
Definition of scuff

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