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🥾 To walk heavily 🥾 A tiring walk
to tromp

to tromp

8 6.3
To walk with heavy noisy steps that make loud sounds
  • verb
  • /trɑmp/
translation icon : pisotear
  • The soldiers tromped through the muddy fields, their boots squelching with each heavy step.
  • tromping around
  • tromping up the stairs
  • tromping through the woods

Examples

  • During the days, we make pottery, march through the woods, and tromp to the pool for swimming lessons.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • You sure you should be tromping through the woods like this?

    The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)

  • After about ten minutes, they set off again, slower, and tromp as much around the path as on it.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • I tromped through the pumpkin patch.

    The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

  • Finally, I heard a gang of peasants tromping up the road.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Watching him tromp loudly up the stairs, his mother couldn't really blame him.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • I hear Mr. Arnette's heavy footsteps come tromping up the stairs.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Six miles of slip and slide, and we tromp into the tiny Maudlow post office to collect our backed-up mail.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Gramma's down the row, tromping around in her straw hat and boots.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Squat little chickadees bustling about near the stoop flew away as Joe tromped up the steps and knocked.

    Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

to stomp
vsto tromp
144 2.9

To walk heavily and loudly to show anger or determination

is similar but often focuses more on crushing or noisy impact underfoot
to tread
vsto tromp
93 3.0

To step on something with your foot, often pressing down

is more about loud walking and crushing rather than a simple step
to stamp
vsto tromp
24 1.4

To walk with heavy, loud steps that make noise

is like this but also implies crushing things beneath the feet
to trudge
vsto tromp
21 5.5

To walk slowly with heavy steps because you are tired

is louder and may crush things rather than focus on fatigue
to pound
vsto tromp
11 3.1

To walk with heavy noisy steps that make a loud sound

is similar but focuses more on single loud crushing steps
to pad
vsto tromp
10 6.4

To walk with heavy, steady steps, often when tired

is noisier and more forceful, sometimes crushing objects beneath the feet
to clomp
vsto tromp
4 7.5

To walk with heavy, noisy steps that make a loud sound

adds the idea of stomping down and sometimes crushing objects underfoot
to plod
vsto tromp
4 5.5

To walk slowly with heavy steps because you are tired

is usually louder and more forceful rather than merely slow and heavy
to stump
vsto tromp
2 5.9

To walk with heavy noisy steps that show effort or anger

is closely related but stresses louder impact and crushing action
to clump
vsto tromp
2 4.9

To walk with heavy, clumsy, noisy steps

is more forceful and often produces crushing noise underfoot
to galumph
vsto tromp
  • Informal
1 9.9

To move in a heavy, noisy, and clumsy way

is like this but carries stronger sense of loud crushing steps
to slog
vsto tromp
1 5.3

To walk slowly with heavy steps, often through mud or when tired

is generally louder and more forceful, often crushing underfoot
to footslog
vsto tromp
8.7

To walk slowly and with effort over long or difficult ground

is similar in weight but usually makes louder, crushing noises nearby

How Loud

to stomp
144 2.9
to tromp
8 6.3
to trudge
21 5.5
to walk
∞ 1.0
to tiptoe
44 3.1

Surface Forms

tromp infinitive
tromped past
tromped past participle
tromping present participle
tromps third person singular

Etymology

Tromp as a verb is related to tramp and copies the heavy, noisy idea of walking 'to stamp' or 'crush' things underfoot. So to tromp is to walk with loud, heavy steps that make noise or press things down.