clomping

verb

Definition of clompingnext
present participle of clomp
as in stomping

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  1. stomping
  2. shuffling
  3. lumbering
  4. pounding
Verb
  • After easily stopping Thanos and Nam-gyu from curb-stomping Ming-gyu at lunch, In-ho earns a lot of people’s respect.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
  • In a similar vein, Malloy’s musical score is almost anonymously eclectic — wistful ballads, stomping pop, a smattering of EDM — but threaded through with enough strains of Russian folk and klezmer to suggest a sense of place.
    Houman Barekat, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of stomping
Verb
  • But the $12 billion decline in his fortune has more to do with asset shuffling than stock price movement.
    Julie Goldenberg, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
  • James has been shuffling back and forth between the NBA and the G League.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of shuffling
Verb
  • But weirdly, the lumbering 12-6 victory over the 49ers might wind up being far more valuable than the gaudy 44-42 triumph over Buffalo last Sunday.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The department’s internal deliberative process is just as lumbering and conservative, with too many layers of approval and authority.
    William J. Burns, Foreign Affairs, 27 Mar. 2019
Definition of lumbering
Verb
  • The crowd was so excited that the plexiglass behind us was pounding.
    ABC News, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Prepare for fast, heart-pounding action and brutal competition in this multiplayer game.
    Dana Feldman, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of pounding
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