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tromp       [tromp] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object) Informal.
1.to tramp or trample.
2.to defeat soundly; trounce.
[Origin: 1880–85; gradational var. of tramp, perh. with vowel of stomp]
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Tromp       [trawmp] Pronunciation Key
–noun
Cor·ne·lis       [kawr-ney-lis] Pronunciation Key, 1629–91, and his father, Maar·ten Har·perts·zoon       [mahr-tuhn hahr-puhrt-sohn] Pronunciation Key, 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
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tromp       (trŏmp)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   tromped, tromp·ing, tromps Informal

v.   intr.
  1. To walk heavily and noisily; tramp.
  2. To apply heavy foot pressure on something: tromped on the accelerator and sped off.

v.   tr.
  1. To trample underfoot.
  2. To defeat soundly; trounce.


[Variant of tramp.]

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tromp  (v.)
1892, variant of tramp; mainly Amer.Eng.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Tromp

Tromp\, n. [F. trombe, trompe, a waterspout, a water-blowing machine. Cf. Trump a trumpet.] A blowing 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. [Written also trompe, and trombe.]

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Tromp

Tromp\, Trompe \Trompe\, n. [See Trump a trumpet.] A trumpet; a trump. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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