stomp

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɑmp/

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• Rhymes: -ɒmp

Verb

stomp (third-person singular simple present stomps, present participle stomping, simple past and past participle stomped)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To trample heavily.
2. (transitive, slang) To severely beat someone physically or figuratively.

Noun

stomp (plural stomps)

1. A deliberate heavy footfall; a stamp.

   She obliterated the cockroach with one stomp.

2. A dance having a heavy, rhythmic step.
3. The jazz music for this dance.

Etymology

Cognate to German stumpf.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔmp
• IPA^(key): /stɔmp/

Adjective

stomp (comparative stomper, superlative stompst)

1. blunt, not sharp

   Met zo’n stomp potlood kun je toch niet tekenen!

   You can’t draw with such a blunt pencil!

2. (mathematics, of an angle) Having over 90 degrees.

   Dit is een stompe hoek.

   This is a blunt angle.

Noun

stomp m (plural stompen, diminutive stompje n)

1. A stump, a 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.

2. A blow, a painful hit with the fist or the elbow.

   Je zou hem een stomp geven!

   You’d give him a blow!

Verb

stomp

1. first-person singular present indicative of stompen
2. imperative of stompen