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curb stomping

curb stomping is the present participle and gerund of curb stomp.

Meaning of curb stomp

Verb

curb stomp (third-person singular simple present curb stomps, present participle curb stomping, simple past and past participle curb stomped)

  1. (US) To stomp on someone's head, forcing it into a street curb (often while they are positioned with their teeth biting the curb).
    • The thought that he might actually get bigger was enough to make most people gape in amazement. If even half the stories he'd heard were true (according to Jerry and a kid they both knew named Tom Murphy, Darby had once curb-stomped a grown man's face for threatening to call the police on him ...2004, James A. Moore, Possessions, Dorchester Publishing Company Incorporated, →ISBN
  2. (US, figuratively) To defeat an opponent overwhelmingly or effortlessly.

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Questions about curb stomping

What is curb stomping the present participle and gerund of?
Curb stomping is the present participle and gerund of curb stomp.

Words near curb stomping in the dictionary

  1. curb roof
  2. curb roofs
  3. curb service
  4. curb stomp
  5. curb stomped
  6. curb stomping
  7. curb stomps
  8. curb strip
  9. curb strips
  10. curb weight
  11. curb weights

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