tromp
tromp · tromps · tromped · tromping
To tread heavily, especially to crush underfootTo tread heavily, especially to crush underfoot.
/tɹɒmp/
Meaning
2 senses(US, ambitransitive)To tread heavily, especially to crush underfoot.
Mother yelled at my brothers for tromping through her flowerbed.
The hoodlums were tromping pumpkins they had stolen from their neighbors' Halloween displays.
(informal)To utterly defeat an opponent.
The team had been tromped by their cross-town rivals, and the players were embarrassed to show their faces in school the next day.
Origin
1892, variant of tramp.1892, variant of tramp.
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Forms
tromps, tromping, tromped, trompedSynonyms
10 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle