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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stomp

/stɑmp/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables
stomp
IPA
/stɑmp/
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To trample heavily.

verb

To stamp (one’s foot or feet).

Transitive verb

verb

To severely beat someone physically or figuratively.

Slang; Transitive verb

verb

To completely defeat or overwhelm an enemy, to win by a large lead over someone

Transitive verb

verb

To crush grapes with one's feet to make wine

Transitive verb

noun

A deliberate heavy footfall; a stamp.

Countable

noun

Any of various dances incorporating repeated heavy, rhythmic steps.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A style of jazz music for stomp dances of the early twentieth century.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /stɑmp/
  • British English: /stɒmp/

Usage

Inflected Forms

stomps (present, singular) stomping (participle, present) stomped (participle, past) stomped (past) stomps (plural)

Derived Forms

roflstomp stompbox stompy timestomp moonstomp

Phrases

stomp clap hey stomp for stomp off stomp on stomp out waffle-stomp waffle stomp comp stomp

Synonyms

tread crush stamp stump

Rhymes With

comp swamp pomp romp chomp duchamp tromp klomp whomp clomp yomp glomp

Questions

How do you pronounce stomp?
The recorded pronunciation is /stɑmp/.
What does stomp mean?
To trample heavily.
Where does stomp come from?
1803, variant of stamp. Compare German stampfen (“to stomp”). More at stamp.

How to pronounce stomp

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