stomp

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

1803, variant of stamp. Compare German stampfen (“to stomp”). More at stamp.

Pronunciation

• IPA: stamp

  Rhymes: -ɒmp

Verb

stomp (third-person singular simple present stomps, present participle stomping, simple past and past participle stomped)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To trample heavily.
2. (transitive, slang) To severely beat someone physically or figuratively.

Synonyms

(To severely beat someone): crush

Translations

trample heavily on something or someone

• Dutch: stampen (nl)
• Finnish: talloa (fi)
• French: fouler (fr)

• German: stampfen (de), zerstampfen (de), trampeln (de)
• Russian: топтать (ru) (toptátʹ)

severely beat someone physically or figuratively

• Dutch: stampen (nl)
• Finnish: piestä (fi), lyödä (fi)

• Russian: избивать (ru) (izbivátʹ)

Noun

stomp (plural stomps)

1. A dance having a heavy, rhythmic step.
2. The jazz music for this dance.

Translations

dance having a heavy, rhythmic step

jazz music for this dance

• Russian: стомп (ru) (stomp) m

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Dutch

Etymology

Cognate to German stumpf.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔmp
• IPA: /stɔmp/

Adjective

stomp (comparative stomper, superlative stompst)

1. blunt, not sharp

   Met zo’n stomp potlood kun je toch niet tekenen!

   You can’t draw with such a blunt pencil!

2. (mathematics, of an angle) Having over 90 degrees.

   Dit is een stompe hoek.

   This is a blunt angle.

Declension

Declension of stomp

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		stomp	stomper
neuter singular	indefinite	stomp	stomper
	definite	stompe	stompere	stompste	stompst, stompste
common singular		stompe	stompere	stompste	stompste
plural		stompe	stompere	stompste	stompste
partitive		stomps	stompers

Synonyms

• (blunt): bot

Antonyms

• (blunt): scherp, puntig, spits

Noun

stomp m (plural stompen, diminutive stompje)

1. A stump, a short, formless, protruding object.

   Er bleef na de amputatie niet meer dan een stompje van zijn vinger over.

   After the amputation, no more than a stump of his finger was left.

2. A blow, a painful hit with the fist or the elbow.

   Je zou hem een stomp geven!

   You’d give him a blow!

Synonyms

• (stump): knobbel
• (blow): slag, klop, mep, mot

Antonyms

• (stump): pin, spits
• (blow): (with the foot) schop, (tender) streling, aai

Verb

stomp

1. first-person singular present indicative of stompen
2. imperative of stompen