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stomp

/stɒmp/ noun

In Latin: calcō Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about stomp at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A dance involving a rhythmical stamping step.

verb

  1. Walk heavily.
    The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots

Origin

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

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