stomp

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verb

ˈstämp How to pronounce stomp (audio)
ˈstȯmp
stomped; stomping; stomps
Synonyms of stompnext

transitive verb

: stamp sense 2

intransitive verb

1
: to walk with a loud heavy step usually in anger
stomped out of the office in a fit
2
: stamp sense 2
stomped on the brakes

stomp

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noun

1
: stamp sense 4
2
: a jazz dance marked by heavy stamping

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Examples of stomp in a Sentence

Verb He stomped angrily out of the room. The fans were stomping their feet and shouting.
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His creator, an unnamed basket-weaver (Peter Dinklage), braided him as a mate for a lonely virgin, a fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) who stomps around her rustic village smelling like sushi and tossing her head back in an Eliza Doolittle guffaw. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 But wrap a play in too much homespun folksiness and the thing starts to feel both suffocating and, despite all the driving tunes and stomping choreography in the world, suffocated. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
For someone whose energetic stomp through Lagos helped introduce her to much of the internet, nerves still arrived when the Chanel runway beckoned. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026 Her exaggerated stomps made the coat flow in almost hypnotic rhythm. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stomp

Word History

Etymology

Verb

by alteration

First Known Use

Verb

1803, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2

Noun

circa 1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of stomp was in 1803

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-stomous
stomp
stomping ground
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“Stomp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stomp. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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stomp

verb
ˈstämp, 
ˈstȯmp
: stamp entry 1 sense 2
stomped angrily out of the room
stomp noun
stomper noun
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