clomp
Meanings
noun
- 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.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
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”).
Derived words
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