Meaning of tromp | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To tread heavily, especially to crush underfoot.
   US, ambitransitive
2. To utterly defeat an opponent.
   informal

Examples

“Mother yelled at my brothers for tromping through her flowerbed.”

“The hoodlums were tromping pumpkins they had stolen from their neighbors' Halloween displays.”

“He lifted one foot and set it down again, whammo, but Ed was so engrossed in Pynchon's novel that all he recalls is tromping the scorpion to death with his stung foot, then quickly fetching a bucket of ice water, jamming the foot into it, and continuing to read.”

“Six groups of cocaleros had tromped through the campsite overnight.”

“BLACK KNIGHT TROMPED MOODILY THROUGH THE PLAINS. JUSTICE WOULD PREVAIL, IN THE END. AT LEAST HE'D ESCAPED THE MIRROR OF FATE.”

“The team had been tromped by their cross-town rivals, and the players were embarrassed to show their faces in school the next day.”

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