Stomp
verb
To step on something heavily, making a loud noise.
She stomped off angrily.
Often appears as...
- stomp off
- stomp around
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Colloquial
noun
A heavy step that makes a loud noise.
We heard the stomp of boots coming toward us.
Often appears as...
- the stomp of feet
- a heavy stomp
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Colloquial
verb
To dance with heavy steps, often to lively folk or country music.
They stomped to the rhythm of the music.
Often appears as...
- stomp to the rhythm
- stomp to the beat
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Colloquial
noun
A style of dance that involves heavy steps, often to folk or country music.
He taught us how to do the stomp.
Often appears as...
- do the stomp
- a lively stomp
Usage tips
Modern
verb
To step on something heavily, making a loud noise.
She stomped off angrily.
Often appears as...
- stomp off
- stomp around
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A heavy step that makes a loud noise.
We heard the stomp of boots coming toward us.
Often appears as...
- the stomp of feet
- a heavy stomp
Usage tips
Colloquial
verb
To dance with heavy steps, often to lively folk or country music.
They stomped to the rhythm of the music.
Often appears as...
- stomp to the rhythm
- stomp to the beat
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A style of dance that involves heavy steps, often to folk or country music.
He taught us how to do the stomp.
Often appears as...
- do the stomp
- a lively stomp
Usage tips
Modern
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Expressing Anger
Use 'stomp' to describe someone's angry walk or movement.
He stomped out of the room after the argument.
Pro Tip 2/3Loud Impact
'Stomp' indicates a forceful action that generates noise.
The child stomped on the floor to get our attention.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Intensity
Associated with strong emotions, not just casual walking.
She stomped her foot in frustration.
Pro Tip 1/3Expressing Anger
Use 'stomp' to describe someone's angry walk or movement.
He stomped out of the room after the argument.
Pro Tip 2/3Loud Impact
'Stomp' indicates a forceful action that generates noise.
The child stomped on the floor to get our attention.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Intensity
Associated with strong emotions, not just casual walking.
She stomped her foot in frustration.
Pro Tip 1/3Expressing Anger
Use 'stomp' to describe someone's angry walk or movement.
He stomped out of the room after the argument.
Pro Tip 2/3Loud Impact
'Stomp' indicates a forceful action that generates noise.
The child stomped on the floor to get our attention.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Intensity
Associated with strong emotions, not just casual walking.
She stomped her foot in frustration.
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A delightful way to...
And idealistic foxes, and so on. In Ruby's world, you learn technology through play. And, for instance, computers are really good at repeating stuff, so the way Ruby would teach loops goes like this. This is Ruby's favorite dance move, it goes, "Clap, clap, stomp, stomp
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What I've learned about...
Why? Because finally, I was standing in their shoes. Because when you're standing in someone else's shoes, you see the world from a different perspective. And when you start to take steps, it feels like baby steps, wobbling. But then they turn into stomps.
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The Battle Between Eel...
throughout the world some chase their prey while others prefer to lie and wait note to the scriptwriter be careful without your titling this I don't know about like battle between two capable predators when one is just going to sort of stomp
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Greg Wilson: Cheetahs on...
concern was that we would we would move forward we would bring the equipment there and the Cheetahs would not would not accept it in their field and their stomping grounds where they're used to being and so we started well in advance
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The urgency of...
They have been shot to death. They have been stomped to death. They have been suffocated to death. They have been manhandled to death. They have been tasered to death. They've been killed when they've called for help.
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A riddle of ice and fire...
Each must have its own, officially acknowledged stomping ground. They’ll peacefully roost there unless their region borders another dragon of the same type, in which case the matching dragons will go on a rampage.
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Alaska Brown Bear...
over the last 20 years roads have cut deep into this once virgin wilderness and timber clear-cutting has turned some of the bears summer stomping grounds into stump fields as development extends further
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Meet the Bat-Eared Fox PIPE...
meanwhile is still protecting his baby girl she leaves scent marks dad covers him up a male finds her anyway and they court but dad will have none of that he stomps towards them and
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Can you solve the...
As the troll stomps off in anger, the paradoxes cheer you for winning them their freedom, and promise to lead you to the treasure at the top of the stairs. If you can reach it.
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Watch this if you're...
They stomp their feet at rattlesnakes, kick sand towards them, and evade their strikes with acrobatic leaps and powerful kicks— helping them live to guide another snake tour.
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A delightful way to...
And idealistic foxes, and so on. In Ruby's world, you learn technology through play. And, for instance, computers are really good at repeating stuff, so the way Ruby would teach loops goes like this. This is Ruby's favorite dance move, it goes, "Clap, clap, stomp, stomp
Video examples
What I've learned about...
Why? Because finally, I was standing in their shoes. Because when you're standing in someone else's shoes, you see the world from a different perspective. And when you start to take steps, it feels like baby steps, wobbling. But then they turn into stomps.
Video examples
The Battle Between Eel...
throughout the world some chase their prey while others prefer to lie and wait note to the scriptwriter be careful without your titling this I don't know about like battle between two capable predators when one is just going to sort of stomp
Video examples
Greg Wilson: Cheetahs on...
concern was that we would we would move forward we would bring the equipment there and the Cheetahs would not would not accept it in their field and their stomping grounds where they're used to being and so we started well in advance
Video examples
The urgency of...
They have been shot to death. They have been stomped to death. They have been suffocated to death. They have been manhandled to death. They have been tasered to death. They've been killed when they've called for help.
Video examples
A riddle of ice and fire...
Each must have its own, officially acknowledged stomping ground. They’ll peacefully roost there unless their region borders another dragon of the same type, in which case the matching dragons will go on a rampage.
Video examples
Alaska Brown Bear...
over the last 20 years roads have cut deep into this once virgin wilderness and timber clear-cutting has turned some of the bears summer stomping grounds into stump fields as development extends further
Video examples
Meet the Bat-Eared Fox PIPE...
meanwhile is still protecting his baby girl she leaves scent marks dad covers him up a male finds her anyway and they court but dad will have none of that he stomps towards them and
Video examples
Can you solve the...
As the troll stomps off in anger, the paradoxes cheer you for winning them their freedom, and promise to lead you to the treasure at the top of the stairs. If you can reach it.
Video examples
Watch this if you're...
They stomp their feet at rattlesnakes, kick sand towards them, and evade their strikes with acrobatic leaps and powerful kicks— helping them live to guide another snake tour.
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Joe Greene
American Athlete
A black man - I say a black man, we got no corner on the market, but every day in some form or fashion you got to prove you're a man. But you want to keep the life-and-death situations down. I can get beat. But there's getting beat and there's getting stomped.
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Ron Stallworth
American Public Servant
Too many people are afraid to talk about the issue of race. We should be willing to address it, and more importantly, when it rears its ugly head, we should be willing to take a stand and try to stomp it out, whatever the action may be at a particular time.
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Ethel Waters
American Musician
After years in white theaters I dreaded working in colored houses. The noise, the stomping, whistling, and cheering that hadn't annoyed me when I was young was now something I dreaded.
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Richard M. Nixon
American President
There are some people, you know, they think the way to be a big man is to shout and stomp and raise hell-and then nothing ever really happens. I'm not like that I never shoot blanks.
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Thomas Lennon
American Actor
Don't write something that is your passion project because all it will do is get the passion stomped out of you.
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Patrick deWitt
Canadian Novelist
I don't necessarily want to make people stomp and clap. I simply want to engage people.
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Eddie Huang
American Chef
My only goal as a comedian was to stomp the life out of the model-minority myth.
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Stephen A. Smith
American Journalist
I pride myself on being someone who stomps, who does not tippy-toe.
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Eric Clapton
British Musician
I grew up playing in clubs - that's my spiritual stomping ground.
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Dave Barry
American Journalist
Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it.
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Joe Greene
American Athlete
A black man - I say a black man, we got no corner on the market, but every day in some form or fashion you got to prove you're a man. But you want to keep the life-and-death situations down. I can get beat. But there's getting beat and there's getting stomped.
Quote examples
Ron Stallworth
American Public Servant
Too many people are afraid to talk about the issue of race. We should be willing to address it, and more importantly, when it rears its ugly head, we should be willing to take a stand and try to stomp it out, whatever the action may be at a particular time.
Quote examples
Ethel Waters
American Musician
After years in white theaters I dreaded working in colored houses. The noise, the stomping, whistling, and cheering that hadn't annoyed me when I was young was now something I dreaded.
Quote examples
Richard M. Nixon
American President
There are some people, you know, they think the way to be a big man is to shout and stomp and raise hell-and then nothing ever really happens. I'm not like that I never shoot blanks.
Quote examples
Thomas Lennon
American Actor
Don't write something that is your passion project because all it will do is get the passion stomped out of you.
Quote examples
Patrick deWitt
Canadian Novelist
I don't necessarily want to make people stomp and clap. I simply want to engage people.
Quote examples
Eddie Huang
American Chef
My only goal as a comedian was to stomp the life out of the model-minority myth.
Quote examples
Stephen A. Smith
American Journalist
I pride myself on being someone who stomps, who does not tippy-toe.
Quote examples
Eric Clapton
British Musician
I grew up playing in clubs - that's my spiritual stomping ground.
Quote examples
Dave Barry
American Journalist
Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it.
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