STOMP
What does "STOMP" mean?
To tread heavily and noisily, bringing the foot down hard.
Meanings
- To bring the foot down forcefully and loudly. She stomped on the spider before it got away.
- To walk with heavy, angry steps. He stomped off to his room and slammed the door.
- A lively jazz or blues dance with heavy rhythmic stamping. The band launched into an old New Orleans stomp.
Word origin
A North American variant of 'stamp', from Old English 'stempan' meaning to pound or pestle, related to German 'stampfen'.
Remember it
STOMP lands hard on its M and P like a boot hitting the floor - say it and you almost feel the thud.
A little poem
Small feet on the stairs-
the whole house hears the argument
the child won't yet speak.
haiku
Wordplay
- My toddler learned to stomp before he learned to talk. Now the floor knows exactly how he feels.
What it teaches
A stomp is a sentence the feet make when the mouth won't - the body always speaks first.
Quick facts
What does STOMP mean?
To tread heavily and noisily, bringing the foot down hard.
Is STOMP a valid word?
Yes — STOMP is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is STOMP?
STOMP has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does STOMP come from?
A North American variant of 'stamp', from Old English 'stempan' meaning to pound or pestle, related to German 'stampfen'.
What can STOMP teach us?
A stomp is a sentence the feet make when the mouth won't - the body always speaks first.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.