Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yomp

/jɑmp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables: yomp
IPA: /jɑmp/

11

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A long-distance march carrying full kit.

verb

To make a strenuous long-distance march.

Example Sentences

"Whilst 3 Para and 45 Commando yomped across East Falkland, accompanied by the two Troops of Blues and Royals, 42 Commando were helicoptered forward to Mount Kent and 2 Para to Bluff Cove."
"She gestured out of the window wall. "Unless it was a real professional who yomped in over the fields, the only way to get here is to drive through the village. And believe me, that's not so easy.""
"He was French, and spoke in damning terms of the 'contre-la-montre' walkers who yomped in before lunch-time and yomped out again before dawn"

Etymology

1980s British military slang. Unknown origin.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /jɑmp/
British English: /jɒmp/

Inflected Forms

yomps (plural) yomps (present, singular) yomping (participle, present) yomped (participle, past) yomped (past)

Synonyms

trek

Rhymes With

comp swamp stomp pomp romp chomp whomp clomp klomp glomp

Questions

How do you pronounce yomp?: The recorded pronunciation is /jɑmp/.
What does yomp mean?: A long-distance march carrying full kit.
Where does yomp come from?: 1980s British military slang. Unknown origin.

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