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Verb: tromp trómp Usage: N. Amer, informal
- Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
- cream [informal], bat, clobber [informal], drub, thrash [informal], lick [informal], marmalise [Brit, informal], marmelize [Brit, informal], marmelise [Brit, informal], wipe the floor [informal], paste [informal], beat hollow [informal], whale [N. Amer, informal], marmalize [Brit, informal], smoke [N. Amer, informal], hammer [informal], muller [Brit, informal], blow away [informal], slaughter [informal], trounce - Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
"Mules tromped in a circle around a grindstone"; - slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad, tramp - Walk noisily, heavily or angrily
"The men tromped through the snow in their heavy boots"; - stomp, stamp, stump
Derived forms: tromped, tromps, tromping Type of: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish, walk Encyclopedia: Tromp, John |