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stomp

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verb (used with object)
1.
stamp (defs. 1–3).
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verb (used without object)
2.
stamp (defs. 11, 12).
3.
to dance the stomp.

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noun
4.
stamp (def. 14).
5.
a jazz composition, especially 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; variant of stamp

Related forms
stomp·er, noun

Can be confused: stamp, stomp.
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stomper (ˈstɒmpə)
 
—n
1.  a rock or jazz song with a particularly strong and danceable beat
2.  a person or animal that stomps

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Word Origin & History

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


  1. tv. & in.
    to beat someone; to misuse someone. : One team stomped on the other so hard and fast, the scoreboard couldn't keep up.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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