clomp
clomp · clomps
The sound of feet hitting the ground loudlyThe sound of feet hitting the ground loudly.
UK/klɒmp/US/klɑmp/
Meaning
1 sensesThe sound of feet hitting the ground loudly.
Origin
Probably onomatopoeic or a variant of clump (“walk heavily and clumsily”), itself also onoProbably onomatopoeic or a variant of clump (“walk heavily and clumsily”), itself also onomatopoeic or perhaps from the notion of walking in clumps, from Dutch klomp (“clump, mass, wooden shoe”).
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