Tromp
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /tɹɒmp/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Tromp is a verb meaning (informal) To utterly defeat an opponent.
Meaning
(informal) To utterly defeat an opponent.
More Meanings
- An apparatus in which air, drawn into the upper part of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it is led to a furnace or gathers to generate compressed air.
- (chiefly US, ambitransitive) To tread heavily, especially to crush underfoot.
Example Sentences
Mother yelled at my brothers for tromping through her flowerbed.
Six groups of cocaleros had tromped through the campsite overnight.
The hoodlums were tromping pumpkins they had stolen from their neighbors' Halloween displays.
BLACK KNIGHT TROMPED MOODILY THROUGH THE PLAINS. JUSTICE WOULD PREVAIL, IN THE END. AT LEAST HE'D ESCAPED THE MIRROR OF FATE.
Word Forms
- tromps
- tromping
- tromped
- trombe
- trompe
Synonyms for tromp
Depending on context, synonyms include march, stamp, stomp, tramp, trample, clobber.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tramp, stomp, trample, trounce, truck, tread.
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