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tromp

[tromp]
–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
Language Translation for : Tromp
Spanish: boca, German: die Mündung, Japanese: 銃口

Tromp

[trawmp]
–noun
Cor⋅ne⋅lis [kawr-ney-lis] , 1629–91, and his father, Maar⋅ten Har⋅perts⋅zoon [mahr-tuhn hahr-puhrt-sohn] , 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
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.]

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

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.]

Tromp

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

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