stomp
Plural: stomps
Noun
- a dance involving a rhythmical stamping step
- A deliberate heavy footfall; a stamp.
- A dance having a heavy, rhythmic step.
- The jazz music for this dance.
Verb
Verb Forms: stomped, stomping, stomps
- To tread heavily or noisily upon something.
- walk heavily
- "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots"
- To trample heavily.
- To severely beat someone physically or figuratively.
- To completely defeat or overwhelm an enemy, to win by a large lead over someone
- To crush grapes with one's feet to make wine
Examples
- After a triple-word score, he’d often STOMP his foot in a silent victory dance.
- She obliterated the cockroach with one stomp.
Origin / Etymology
1803, variant of stamp. Compare German stampfen (“to stomp”). More at stamp.
Scrabble Score: 9
stomp: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordstomp: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
stomp: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
stomp: valid Words With Friends Word