tromped; tromping; tromps
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: tramp sense 1
a lot of knocking on doors, tromping from room to room—
Sara Davidson
Sara Davidson2
: to step hard : stamp
tromped on the brake
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We tromped over the grass.
Workmen were tromping through the building all day.
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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
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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
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“Tromp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tromp. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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