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stomp

[ stomp ]

verb (used with object)



verb (used without object)

  1. to dance the stomp.

noun

  1. a jazz composition, especially in early jazz, marked by a driving rhythm and a fast tempo.
  2. a dance to this music, usually marked by heavy stamping of the feet.

stomp

/ ɒ /

verb

  1. informal.
    to tread or stamp heavily
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a rhythmic stamping jazz dance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ٴdzİ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stomp1

First recorded in 1820–30; variant of stamp
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stomp1

variant of stamp
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She was resting on her bed, tired from days of attending Paris Fashion Week events, when she heard stomping up the stairs.

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“We stomp on the kid, and then we get our food.”

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"I don't know how but I ended up on the ground, I couldn't get up and at that moment people started stomping on me," Ms Taseva said.

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And at the same time, there was no shortage of ideologues and charlatans who took advantage of this fact to stomp out that most American trait of dissent.

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Three other inmates then joined in, punching the jailer and stomping his head until he fell unconscious.

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