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stomp

UK/stɒmp//stɑmp/

stomp verb: to trample heavily.

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) To trample heavily.
    • The customer stomps toward the double doors, drawn in by hypnotic organ strains.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 182
    • Everybody clap your hands
      Get up and dance
      We're gonna stomp all night now
      Everybody move your feet
      Get up and feel the beat
      We're gonna stomp all night now2000, Mark Topham, Karl Twigg, Rita Campbell, “Stomp”, performed by Steps
  2. (transitive) To stamp (one’s foot or feet).
  3. (slang, transitive) To severely beat someone physically or figuratively.
    Synonyms:
    crush
  4. (transitive) To completely defeat or overwhelm an enemy, to win by a large lead over someone
  5. (transitive) To crush grapes with one's feet to make wine
    Synonyms:
    tread

Noun

stomp (countable and uncountable, plural stomps)

  1. (countable) A deliberate heavy footfall; a stamp.
    • She obliterated the cockroach with one stomp.
  2. Any of various dances incorporating repeated heavy, rhythmic steps.
    • Well, let's dance, well let's dance.
      We'll do the twist, the stomp, the mashed potato too
      Any old dance that you want to do
      But let's dance.1962, “Let's Dance”, Jim Lee (lyrics), performed by Chris Montez
  3. (uncountable) A style of jazz music for stomp dances of the early twentieth century.
  4. (countable) A piece of music in this style.
    • King Porter Stomp
  5. (countable, dated, slang) A social gathering where dancing is the main activity; a dance.
    • We’re going to a stomp tonight.

stomp meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Arabic

stomp in Tamil

திராட்சைப் பழத்தைச் சாறாக்கும் பொருட்டு, அதைக் கசக்கிப் பிழிவது, ஒருவரைக் கடுமையாகத் தாக்குவது

stomp in Urdu

پامال کرنا, پاؤں پٹخنا

stomp in Arabic

trample heavily on something or someone
دَاسَ dāsa, دَهَسَ dahasa, دَعَسَ daʕasa

Examples of stomp in a sentence

  • Her acrimony for her neighbors manifests itself with shouting and stomping.
  • The only ones who stomp for Joe Biden are paid influencers.
  • It's time to stomp out crime in America.

All 40 example sentences with stomp

Synonyms of stomp

Forms of stomp

Verb
third-person singular presentstomps
present participlestomping
past participlestomped
paststomped
Noun
pluralstomps

Past tense of stomp: stomped

Origin of stomp

1803, variant of stamp. Compare German stampfen (“to stomp”). More at stamp.

Words formed from stomp

Phrases with stomp

Words that rhyme with stomp

Questions about stomp

What does stomp mean?
Stomp means to trample heavily.
What is stomp in Tamil?
Stomp in Tamil is திராட்சைப் பழத்தைச் சாறாக்கும் பொருட்டு, அதைக் கசக்கிப் பிழிவது, ஒருவரைக் கடுமையாகத் தாக்குவது. See Stomp meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stomp?
Stomp can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce stomp?
Stomp is pronounced /stɒmp/ (UK).
What is the past tense of stomp?
The past tense of stomp is stomped.

Words near stomp in the dictionary

  1. stomodeum
  2. stomodeums
  3. stomodæum
  4. stomoxyine
  5. stomoxyines
  6. stomp
  7. stomp clap
  8. stomp clap hey
  9. stomp for
  10. stomp off
  11. stomp on

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: stomp (page history and authors); stomp (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stomp (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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