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
  • Next door at CedarCreek Estate Winery, the Block 5 chardonnay and Block 4 pinot noir have their own cult following, assisted by highland cows that fertilize and stomp the vineyard soil, and a flock of free range chickens that eat the small pests.
    — Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2026
  • On that day, Simpson and other players are accused of kicking and stomping the victim and again poking him with a broomstick.
    — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 29 July 2026
Definition of stomp
Verb
  • The results indicated continued progress in CVS' broader turnaround plan, which has involved cutting $2 billion in costs, closing underperforming stores, shuffling leadership and reducing costs within Medicare Advantage plans.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Few heads turn despite her tall, unmistakable frame shuffling across the floor.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of shuffle
Verb
  • Abdul El-Sayed, the front-runner in Michigan’s Democratic primary for Senate, is sometimes lumped together with other rising stars on the left.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 31 July 2026
  • Intellectually and temperamentally, the Frenchmen were a diverse group, forever being lumped together and divided up under various shifting labels—Marxism, psychoanalysis, structuralism, poststructuralism, postmodernism.
    — Emily Eakin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 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
  • In certain diseases including Alzheimer’s disease, tau proteins clump together inside nerve cells.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2026
  • Dividing clumps every few years in early spring also maintains their vigor.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 11 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
  • Pochettino was hired in 2024 to right the ship after the men's team stumbled in a crucial tournament in the run-up to this summer's World Cup.
    — Becky Sullivan, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Facebook stumbled out of the gate and trended lower for months before bottoming at less than half its IPO price.
    — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 3 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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