clomp

American  

[klomp] / klɒmp /

verb (used without object)

1. clump.

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clomp British  

/ klɒmp /

noun

1. a less common word for clump clump

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Explanation

When you clomp, you walk heavily and noisily, as if you were wearing a big pair of boots. A little boy wearing his mom's shoes will clomp around the kitchen enjoying the sound he makes. People in work boots clomp around, and horses walking on a paved street also tend to clomp. If you leave your snowshoes on when you enter a quiet yoga studio, you'll be embarrassed at how loudly you clomp down the hall. Since the 1800's, clomp has been used to mean "to walk as with clogs." It's thought to be a variation on the word clump, which can mean "a lump of something," but also means "the sound of heavy footsteps."

Example Sentences

Clomp, clomp, clomp — here it comes, another new blockbuster ready for its shock-and-awe ch-ching close-up.

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2015

Clomp, clomp, clomp, people come up it in the middle of class to deliver messages and whatnot.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

Clomp, clomp—I wake up with a jolt to find my mother on the edge of my bed.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen