tromped

Definition of trompednext
past tense of tromp
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as in stamped
to tread on heavily so as to crush or injure the kids tromped my flowers to smithereens

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as in strolled
to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure the scouts tromped through the dell, mostly just following the course of the creek

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tromped
Verb
  • Rollins repeatedly stomped Breakker in the face and lined up for The Stomp, but Breakker countered, grabbed Rollins’ foot and hit a military press into a gutbuster.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
  • Guest shark Rashaun Williams strapped on his court shoes, wiped them on their mini mat and stomped onto their court.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Maria Wittorp, the hotel’s head concierge, said, with the haste of an auctioneer, standing in the lobby, as blazer-wearing staffers whipped by.
    Jane Bua, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • Real estate agents whipped out their phones to put a hard sell on anything east of I-95.
    Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • The candidate strolled in with a videographer and photographer.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
  • In the name of growth and connectivity, the North Carolina Department of Transportation strolled through McCrorey Heights and other neighborhoods telling, not asking, residents to leave.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 11 May 2026
Verb
  • Gilgeous-Alexander licked his chops at what Game 1 presented.
    Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 6 May 2026
  • When a boy had licked her neck at a party during the first week of college, a stranger!
    Danielle Parker, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Shielded by her team, Cardi B shuffled out to the street, a blob of black nylon.
    Jane Bua, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • Women in America’s boardrooms made strides as corporations shuffled their mostly White and male lineups in the face of the historic pushback in 2020.
    Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • Actor Billy Gardell, a Pittsburgh native, walks a new security guard through it all with the schedule buried at the end.
    Teresa M. Walker, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2026
  • Research suggests Della Kinder, who mailed the card, was born in 1884, died in 1953, and is buried in Woodruff County.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • Paul Skenes slowly sauntered back to the Pittsburgh Pirates dugout at the end of the top of the eighth inning on Tuesday night, his loping and deliberate strides giving the PNC Park crowd plenty of time to rise for the kind of standing ovation that's becoming commonplace at the end of his starts.
    CBS News, CBS News, 13 May 2026
  • Paul Skenes slowly sauntered back to the Pittsburgh Pirates dugout at the end of the top of the eighth inning on Tuesday night, his loping and deliberate strides giving the PNC Park crowd plenty of time to rise for the kind of standing ovation that's becoming commonplace at the end of his starts.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • The Rockies pounded Keller for six runs on six hits in the fifth to blow open the game.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 14 May 2026
  • The United States and Israel pounded Iran with devastating effectiveness for 37 days, killing much of the country’s leadership and destroying the bulk of its military, yet couldn’t collapse the regime or exact even the smallest concession from it.
    Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 10 May 2026
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“Tromped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tromped. Accessed 18 May. 2026.

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