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Added 9 October 2026

clomp

/klɒmp/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about clomp at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The sound of feet hitting the ground loudly.

verb

To walk heavily or clumsily, as with clogs.
To make some object hit something, thereby producing a clomping sound.

Origin

Probably onomatopoeic or a variant of clump (“walk heavily and clumsily”), itself also onomatopoeic or perhaps from the notion of walking in clumps, from Dutch klomp (“clump, mass, wooden shoe”).

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