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tromped

tromped is the simple past and past participle of tromp.

Meaning of tromp

Verb

tromp (third-person singular simple present tromps, present participle tromping, simple past and past participle tromped)

  1. (US, ambitransitive) To tread heavily, especially to crush underfoot.
    • Mother yelled at my brothers for tromping through her flowerbed.
    Synonyms:
    march, stamp, stomp, tramp, trample
  2. (informal) To utterly defeat an opponent.
    • The team had been tromped by their cross-town rivals, and the players were embarrassed to show their faces in school the next day.

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Questions about tromped

What is tromped the simple past and past participle of?
Tromped is the simple past and past participle of tromp.

Words near tromped in the dictionary

  1. trompe l'oeils
  2. trompe l'œil
  3. trompe-d'œil
  4. trompe-l'oeil
  5. trompe-l'œil
  6. tromped
  7. trompement
  8. trompements
  9. trompes
  10. Trompette Militaire
  11. Trompetter

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