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Noun: trampling  tram-p(u-)ling
  1. The sound of heavy treading or stomping
    "he heard the trampling of many feet";
    - trample
Verb: trample  tram-pul
  1. Walk heavily or roughly
    "The soldiers trampled across the fields";
    - tread
     
  2. Injure by trampling or as if by trampling
    "The passerby was trampled by an elephant"
     
  3. Walk on and flatten
    "trample the flowers";
    - tramp down, tread down

Derived forms: tramplings

Type of: injure, sound, walk, wound

Encyclopedia: Trampling