/stɒmp/, /stɑmp/
Origin1803, variant of stamp. Compare German stampfen (“to stomp”). More at stamp.
- ambitransitiveTo trample heavily.
“The customer stomps toward the double doors, drawn in by hypnotic organ strains.”
“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 now”
- transitiveTo stamp (one’s foot or feet).
- slang, transitiveTo severely beat someone physically or figuratively.
- transitiveTo completely defeat or overwhelm an enemy, to win by a large lead over someone
- transitiveTo crush grapes with one's feet to make wine
- countableA deliberate heavy footfall; a stamp.
“She obliterated the cockroach with one stomp.”
- countable, uncountableAny 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.”
- uncountableA style of jazz music for stomp dances of the early twentieth century.
- countableA piece of music in this style.
- countable, dated, slangA social gathering where dancing is the main activity; a dance.
“We’re going to a stomp tonight.”
Formsstomps(present, singular, third-person) · stomping(participle, present) · stomped(participle, past) · stomped(past) · stomps(plural)