tromp

[ tromp ]
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verb (used with object)Informal.
  1. to tramp or trample.

  2. to defeat soundly; trounce.

Origin of tromp

1
1880–85; gradational variant of tramp, perhaps with vowel of stomp

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Tromp
[ trawmp ]

noun
  1. Cor·ne·lis [kawr-ney-lis], /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/, 1629–91, and his father, Maar·ten Har·perts·zoon [mahr-tuhn -hahr-puhrt-sohn], /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/, 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.

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Tromp

/ (Dutch tromp) /


noun
  1. Cornelius (Martenszoon) (korˈneɪlɪs). 1629–91, Dutch admiral, who fought during the 2nd and 3rd Anglo-Dutch Wars

  2. his father, Maarten (Harpertszoon) (ˈmartən). 1598–1653, Dutch admiral, who fought in the 1st Anglo-Dutch War: killed in action

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