TROMP Definition & Meaning

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tromp

[ tromp ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

Informal.

to tramp or trample.
to defeat soundly; trounce.

Tromp

[ trawmp ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

��ǰ�·�Ա�·�� [kaw, r, -, ney, -lis], 1629–91, and his father, Maar·ten Har·perts·zoon [mahr, -t, uh, n-, hahr, -p, uh, r, t-sohn], 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.

Tromp

/ tromp /

noun

TrompCornelius (Martenszoon)16291691MDutchMILITARY: admiral Cornelius ( Martenszoon ) (korˈneɪlɪs). 1629–91, Dutch admiral, who fought during the 2nd and 3rd Anglo-Dutch Wars
TrompMaarten (Harpertszoon)15981653MDutchMILITARY: admiral his father, Maarten ( Harpertszoon ) (ˈmartən). 1598–1653, Dutch admiral, who fought in the 1st Anglo-Dutch War: killed in action

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Origin of tromp¹

1880–85; gradational variant of tramp, perhaps with vowel of stomp

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But, like a prince tromping through the forest looking for a lost love, the part would always find its way back to her.

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Meanwhile, Snow White’s signature costume is so brightly saturated that it’s blinding; it appears especially bizarre when she tromps around the woods with a hoodie-clad Jonathan and his troupe of merry Brooklyn bicycle messengers.

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Almost that exact same scene happens again in Rachel Fleit’s documentary “Sugar Babies” when a cam girl tromps into the woods for a rendezvous with a paying stranger.

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Dear Esther, released in 2012, saw players exploring a moonlit Hebridean island, tromping through purple heather.

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He went out the kitchen door and tromped down the stairs.

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