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Definition of "tromp" [tromp]

  • To walk heavily and noisily; tramp. (verb-intransitive)
  • To apply heavy foot pressure on something: tromped on the accelerator and sped off. (verb-intransitive)
  • To trample underfoot. (verb-transitive)
  • To defeat soundly; trounce. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "tromp" in a sentence
  • "Next came the flashing of Hiram’s lantern, and the _tromp, tromp, tromp_, in much quicker tempo than usual, of Hiram’s heavy boots."
  • "Across the street, two houses over, they tromp across the dead grass at the Martin place and, with their heads nervously on the lookout, sneak through the side gate."
  • ""With no refusal, you don't have to go tromp down to the police station and then to a judge's house and then to a hospital, because you have everyone in one central location," said Warren Diepraam, a prosecutor in Montgomery County, north of Houston, which has a no-refusal campaign in place from Thanksgiving through New Year's."