stomp

UK: /ˈstɒmp/ US: /stɑmp/ ,(stomp)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

stomp /stɑmp/   v. 

1. to walk on or step on heavily;
   trample: [~ + object]
   He stomped the floor with his heavy boots.
   [no object]
   He walked around stomping on the floor.

n. [countable]

2. the act of stomping;
   stamp.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

stomp (stomp),  v.t. 

1. stamp (defs. 1–3).

v.i. 

2. stamp (defs. 11, 12).
3. Music and Dance to dance the stomp.

n. 

4. stamp (def. 14).
5. Music and Dance a jazz composition, esp. in early jazz, marked by a driving rhythm and a fast tempo.
6. Music and Dance a dance to this music, usually marked by heavy stamping of the feet.

• variant of stamp 1820–30

stomp′er, n. 

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stomp / stɒmp/ verb (intransitive)

1. to tread or stamp heavily

noun

1. a rhythmic stamping jazz dance

Etymology: variant of stamp