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stomp

[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


stomper, noun
stomp   (stŏmp, stômp)   
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.  
  1. A dance involving a rhythmical, heavy step.
  2. 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.

Stomp

Stomp\, v. i. [See Stamp.] To stamp with the foot. [Colloq.] "In gallant procession, the priests mean to stomp." --R. Browning.
Language Translation for : stomp
Spanish: dar patadas,
German: stampfen,
Japanese: どしんと踏む

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