English Explanatory Dictionary

tromp

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To tread heavily, especially to crush underfoot.
  2. To utterly defeat an opponent.
noun
  1. An apparatus in which air, drawn into the upper part of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it is led to a furnace or gathers to generate compressed air.
name
  1. A surname from Dutch.

Pronunciation

/tɹɒmp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tromp.wav

Word forms

tromp tromps tromping tromped trombe trompe

Etymology

1892, variant of tramp.

Synonyms

march stamp stomp tramp trample clobber decimate rout trounce whip
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