trample

Meanings

1. To crush something by walking on it.
2. To treat someone harshly.
3. To walk heavily and destructively.
4. To cause emotional injury as if by trampling.

1. A heavy stepping.
2. The sound of heavy footsteps.

Etymology

From Middle English tramplen, trampelen (“to walk heavily”), equivalent to tramp + -le. Cognate with Saterland Frisian trampelje (“to trample”), Dutch trampelen (“to trample”), German Low German trampeln (“to trample”), German trampeln (“to trample”).