tromp

verb

ˈträmp 

ˈtrȯmp

tromped; tromping; tromps

intransitive verb

1

: tramp sense 1

a lot of knocking on doors, tromping from room to room

—Sara Davidson

2

: to step hard : stamp

tromped on the brake

transitive verb

1

: tramp

2

: stamp

tromps the accelerator to the floor

—Jim Becker

3

a

: to give a physical beating to

b

: to defeat decisively

Synonyms

• barge
• clump
• flog [British]
• flounder
• galumph
• lumber
• lump
• plod
• pound
• scuff
• scuffle
• shamble
• shuffle
• slog
• slough
• stamp
• stomp
• stumble
• stump
• tramp
• trudge

Examples of tromp in a Sentence

We tromped over the grass.

Workmen were tromping through the building all day.

Recent Examples on the Web

Our picks are based on first-hand experience testing in the field on real trips (alas, we don't get paid to tromp around the wilderness). —Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024

Then, as people prepared to file out into the freezing night, many first stopped to tromp on the fake snow and greet the tall human tree — who obliged by shaking his branches. —Jocelyn Noveck, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024

California’s water officials on Tuesday will tromp out to Phillips Station near Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort to take their second monthly manual snowpack reading of the season — a largely ceremonial event in an age when snow gauges across the Sierra provide digital readings every day. —Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024

This could lead to serious environmental problems as the creatures tromp through fragile ecosystems, outcompete native species and deposit enormous amounts of feces in waterways. —Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023

Word History

Etymology

by alteration

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Kids Definition

tromp

verb

ˈträmp 

ˈtrȯmp

: tramp entry 1 sense 1, stomp

Biographical Definition

Tromp

biographical name

ˈtrȯmp 

ˈträmp

Maarten Harpertszoon 1598–1653 Dutch admiral