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stomp

–verb (used with object)

1.	stamp (defs. 1–3).

–verb (used without object)

2.	stamp (defs. 11, 12).

3.	to dance the stomp.

–noun

4.	stamp (def. 14).

5.	a jazz composition, esp. in early jazz, marked by a driving rhythm and a fast tempo.

6.	a dance to this music, usually marked by heavy stamping of the feet.

[Origin: 1820–30; var. of stamp

]

—Related forms

stomper, noun

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stomp Audio Help   (stŏmp, stômp) Pronunciation Key
v.   stomped, stomp·ing, stomps

v.   tr.
To tread or trample heavily or violently on.

v.   intr.
To tread or trample heavily or violently.

n.

A dance involving a rhythmical, heavy step.
The jazz music for this dance.

[Variant of stamp.]

stomp'er n., stomp'ing·ly adv.

Usage Note: Stomp and stamp are interchangeable in the sense "to trample" or "to tread on violently": stomped (or stamped) to death; stomping (or stamping) horses. Only stamp is used with out to mean "to eliminate": stamp out a fire; stamp out poverty. Stamp is also standard in the sense "to strike the ground with the foot, as in anger or frustration," [to bring the foot down quickly] as in He stamped his foot and began to cry. In an earlier survey the use of stomp in this example was rejected by a large majority of the Usage Panel.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
stomp (v.)

1803, variant of stamp. Meaning "lively social dance" is recorded from 1912 in jazz slang.

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stomp
noun
1.	a dance involving a rhythmical stamping step
verb
1.	walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots"

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stomp [stomp] verb

to stamp or tread heavily

Arabic:	يَسْحَق، يَدوسُ بِشِدَّه
Chinese (Simplified):	重踩，跺脚
Chinese (Traditional):	重踩，跺腳
Czech:	těžce našlapovat
Danish:	stampe; trampe
Dutch:	stampen
Estonian:	trampima
Finnish:	tömistää
French:	marcher d'un pas lourd et bruyant
German:	stampfen
Greek:	περπατώ βαριά
Hungarian:	tapad
Icelandic:	stappa
Indonesian:	menghentakkan kaki
Italian:	calpestare, camminare (a passi pesanti)

Japanese:	どしんと踏む
Korean:	…을 짓밟다
Latvian:	slāt; stampāt
Lithuanian:	(su)trypti
Norwegian:	trampe, stampe
Polish:	tupać, ciężko kroczyć
Portuguese (Brazil):	pisar duro
Portuguese (Portugal):	pisar
Romanian:	a merge cu paşi greoi şi zgomotoşi
Russian:	топать
Slovak:	ťažko našľapovať
Slovenian:	topotati
Spanish:	dar patadas
Swedish:	stampa
Turkish:	yere ayak vurmak, güm güm yürümek