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as in pounding

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verb

present participle of tromp
1
as in shuffling
to move heavily or clumsily sleepily tromped into the bathroom, tripping over a pile of dirty laundry along the way

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2
as in stomping
to tread on heavily so as to crush or injure the kids tromped my flowers to smithereens

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3
as in burying
to defeat by a large margin sure, I lost the election, but I didn't get tromped, so I'll see you again in four years

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4
as in strolling
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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5
as in licking
to strike repeatedly tromped the bully, giving him a taste of his own medicine

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Recent Examples of tromping
Noun
Surprisingly, the underside of the staircase’s base is one of their favorite nap locations, despite the tromping of customers and staff up and down. — Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tromping
  1. pounding
  2. shuffling
  3. stomping
  4. burying
  5. strolling
  6. licking
  7. hammering
  8. stumbling
Noun
  • Rucking targets both at once without the joint pounding of running or the recovery debt of hard gym sessions.
    — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
  • Rutted migration routes, carved by the constant pounding of animal hooves, littered northern Pennsylvania.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
Definition of pounding
Verb
  • Pre-shot routines such as Patrick Cantlay’s foot-shuffling and Brian Harman’s waggles have driven golf fans up a wall.
    — Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • Far more than an administrative exercise or paper-shuffling task, effective onboarding has the potential to lay the foundation for not only a successful hire, but for a mutually satisfying employment tenure.
    — Zaharia-Gabriel Sidere, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of shuffling
Verb
  • There was so much color, all these beautiful headdresses, and the male dancers were stomping their legs to mimic the drums.
    — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026
  • The name Chelydra serpentina evokes colossal reptiles stomping through ancient forests.
    — Hannah Smith July 1, Idaho Statesman, 1 July 2026
Definition of stomping
Verb
  • The landslide occurred in Pengshui County on Friday morning on the outskirts of Chongqing municipality, when massive amounts of rocks and soil washed down a slope, burying more than 10 residential buildings, state broadcaster CCTV said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
  • Police said the man continued to resist being handcuffed by burying his left arm under his body, so one of the officers struck him on the side of his body, which is when video of the incident that were sent to the Statesman began.
    — Alex Brizee July 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 July 2026
Definition of burying
Verb
  • Or the time a person flipped their car over to avoid hitting a raccoon that was casually strolling across a busy downtown intersection (neither the driver nor the raccoon were injured).
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • Instead, the forward now picks his moments, strolling around the pitch to find space and then exploding into action.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Definition of strolling
Verb
  • Some of the flames come close to licking the glass, as the wildfire blows across the tracks.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 15 July 2026
  • Signs paws have already been burned include limping, refusing to walk, licking or chewing feet, darker or damaged pads and visible blisters or redness.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
Definition of licking
Noun
  • There is no hammering out a return with another team because the parameters and compensation are outlined based on the average annual value offered.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • During a walk-through for reporters on Thursday, construction noises — particularly sanding and hammering — could be heard.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 June 2026
Definition of hammering
Verb
  • The huge animals knocked bodies to the cobblestones, and stumbling runners caused several pileups during the two-and-a-half-minute run from the pen to the bull ring where bullfighters will kill the bulls later in the day.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026
  • The huge animals knocked down bodies to the cobblestones, and stumbling runners caused several pileups during the 2½-minute run from the pen to the bullring where bullfighters would kill the bulls later in the day.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of stumbling

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