stomp
Americanverb (used with object)
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stomps,
present (3rd person singular)
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stomped,
past participle, past
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stomping
present participle
verb (used without object)
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stomps,
present (3rd person singular)
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stomped,
past participle, past
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stomping
present participle
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to dance the stomp.
verb
noun
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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stompsimple
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stompssimple
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have stompedperfect
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has stompedperfect
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am stompingprogressive
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are stompingprogressive
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is stompingprogressive
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have been stompingperfect progressive
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has been stompingperfect progressive
Past
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stompedsimple
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had stompedperfect
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was stompingprogressive
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were stompingprogressive
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had been stompingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of stomp
First recorded in 1820–30; variant of stamp
Explanation
When you stomp, you thud your feet down heavily as you walk. An angry teenager might stomp down the hall and slam the door to his room. A little boy in big cowboy boots might stomp around the house enjoying the sound of his heels against the floor, and an awkward marching band could stomp heavily down the street playing the theme from "Rocky." You can also use the word stomp to describe a specific kind of stamping dance. This meaning has been around since about 1912, from popular jazz slang. The earlier stomp was simply a variation on the word stamp.
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Music is embedded in our brains and in our bodies, expressed with every rhythmic breath and step we take, each time we clap our hands, stomp our feet, beat our chests, whistle, hum or sing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Parliament-Funkadelic is playing a live show onstage while we stomp the pavement in faithful entrancement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
The new record appeared to be following suit, with The Daily Telegraph's chief music critic Neil McCormick saying the band were "back with a pile-driving blues stomp".
From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026
Martin’s current fixation is muscling New Yorkers out of affordable housing to stomp a permanent boot print onto Manhattan.
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2025
Sorrento slowly turned his mech around and began to stomp back toward the castle.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
She smiles, laughs, cries, makes jokes, stomps her foot, flirts and gossips about other women with a girlfriend.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
In his bedroom, Salmon growls and stomps around.
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
This is most clearly shown in Gene Kelly’s dance in the rain where he stomps in puddles and spins his umbrella.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
Koichi has already encountered Godzilla by the time the monster stomps its way into Tokyo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
“I told ye he was hidin’ a lass in his room!” stomps Mr. Tilbury.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Having come face to face with its most brutal consequences, Cassie’s rose-colored glasses have been removed, stomped on, ground to a pulp and had their remains burnt to ash.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Then, in 1979, the Iranian revolution stomped on the brakes of that country’s oil production, and the U.S. again went through oil withdrawal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
After a dreadful service game handed an immediate second-set break to Svitolina, Sabalenka glared at her team, stomped to her seat and then broke back at the first opportunity.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026
The bruising evening made Indiana’s coronation starkly different from its previous two rounds in the playoff, when the Hoosiers stomped heavyweights Alabama and Oregon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
The door jangled open and John Harvey stomped past the alleyway.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
Speaking with Realtor.com about the expansion, Serhant reveals that choosing the Lone Star State as the brokerage’s new stomping grounds was “strategic.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
It's just a stone's throw from Asbury Park, the once blue-collar coastal town that was the icon's stomping ground and shaped his musical identity.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
They will be playing a Thunder team that drubbed them in the regular season, including a 43-point stomping just last month.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026
Reams of documents, emails, photos and videos have touched almost every corridor of global power, including finance, government, the media, arts, sports, academia and the vast stomping grounds of billionaire leisure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
I hear him stomping around above me, something dragging along the ground, bumping on rocks, and then he’s gone.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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