stomp
See also: Stomp
English
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Etymology
[edit]1803, variant of stamp. Compare German stampfen (“to stomp”). More at stamp.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]stomp (third-person singular simple present stomps, present participle stomping, simple past and past participle stomped)
- (ambitransitive) To trample heavily.
- 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 182:
- The customer stomps toward the double doors, drawn in by hypnotic organ strains.
- (transitive) To stamp (one’s foot or feet).
- (transitive, slang) To severely beat someone physically or figuratively.
- (transitive, gaming) To completely defeat or overwhelm an enemy, to win by a large lead over someone
- (transitive) To crush grapes with one's feet to make wine
- Synonym: tread
Synonyms
[edit]- (to severely beat someone): crush
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]trample heavily on something or someone — see also trample
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severely beat someone physically or figuratively
Noun
[edit]stomp (countable and uncountable, plural stomps)
- (countable) A deliberate heavy footfall; a stamp.
- She obliterated the cockroach with one stomp.
- Any of various dances incorporating repeated heavy, rhythmic steps.
- 1962, “Let's Dance”, Jim Lee (lyrics), performed by Chris Montez:
- 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.
- (uncountable) A style of jazz music for stomp dances of the early twentieth century.
- (countable) A piece of music in this style.
- King Porter Stomp
- (dated, countable, slang) A social gathering where dancing is the main activity; a dance.
- We’re going to a stomp tonight.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]a stamp
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dance having a heavy, rhythmic step
jazz music for this dance
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Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch stompe, from Old Dutch *stump, from Proto-Germanic *stumpaz (“stump”). Cognate to German stumpf.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]stomp (comparative stomper, superlative stompst)
- blunt, not sharp
- (mathematics, of an angle) having over 90 degrees
- Dit is een stompe hoek.
- This is a blunt angle.
Declension
[edit]| Declension of stomp | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | stomp | |||
| inflected | stompe | |||
| comparative | stomper | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | stomp | stomper | het stompst het stompste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | stompe | stompere | stompste |
| n. sing. | stomp | stomper | stompste | |
| plural | stompe | stompere | stompste | |
| definite | stompe | stompere | stompste | |
| partitive | stomps | stompers | — | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Noun
[edit]stomp m (plural stompen, diminutive stompje n)
- stump (short, formless, protruding object)
- Er bleef na de amputatie niet meer dan een stompje van zijn vinger over.
- After the amputation, no more than a stump of his finger was left.
- blow (painful hit with the fist or the elbow)
- Je zou hem een stomp geven! ― You’d give him a blow!
Synonyms
[edit]Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “stump”): pin, spits
- (antonym(s) of “blow”): (with the foot) schop, (tender) streling, aai
Descendants
[edit]- Negerhollands: stomp, stompie
- → French: estompe
- → German: Estompe
- → Sranan Tongo: tompu
- → Saramaccan: tómpi
Verb
[edit]stomp
- inflection of stompen:
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