stomp — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To trample heavily.

   Usage

   • Transitive or intransitive

   Examples

   The customer stomps toward the double doors, drawn in by hypnotic organ strains.

   Everybody clap your hands Get up and dance We're gonna stomp all night now Everybody move your feet Get up and feel the beat We're gonna stomp all night now

2. To stamp (one’s foot or feet).

   Usage

   • Transitive

3. To severely beat someone physically or figuratively.

   Usage

   • Slang
   • Transitive

4. To completely defeat or overwhelm an enemy, to win by a large lead over someone

   Usage

   • Transitive

5. To crush grapes with one's feet to make wine

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Synonyms

   tread

Noun

1. A deliberate heavy footfall; a stamp.

   Usage

   • Countable

   Examples

   She obliterated the cockroach with one stomp.

2. Any of various dances incorporating repeated heavy, rhythmic steps.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   Well, let's dance, well let's dance. We'll do the twist, the stomp, the mashed potato too Any old dance that you want to do But let's dance.

3. A style of jazz music for stomp dances of the early twentieth century.

   Usage

   • Uncountable

4. A piece of music in this style.

   Usage

   • Countable

   Examples

   King Porter Stomp

5. A social gathering where dancing is the main activity; a dance.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Dated
   • Slang

   Examples

   We’re going to a stomp tonight.

Noun

1. a dance involving a rhythmical stamping step

   Broader terms

   social dancing

Verb

1. walk heavily

   Synonyms

   stampstump

   Broader terms

   walk

   Examples

   The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots