stomp

American  

[stomp] / stɒmp /

verb (used with object)

1. stamp.

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verb (used without object)

1. stamp.

2. to dance the stomp.

noun

1. stamp.

2. a jazz composition, especially in early jazz, marked by a driving rhythm and a fast tempo.

3. a dance to this music, usually marked by heavy stamping of the feet.

stomp British  

/ stɒmp /

verb

1. informal to tread or stamp heavily

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noun

1. a rhythmic stamping jazz dance

Other Word Forms

• stomper noun

Etymology

Origin of stomp

First recorded in 1820–30; variant of stamp

Example Sentences

Last year’s “A Complete Unknown,” directed by James Mangold, tracked Bob Dylan in his West Village stomping grounds in the early 1960s.

From The Wall Street Journal

The fields - Karl's stomping ground - have long disappeared; replaced by homes.

From BBC

Sometimes the actors had a simple click track in an earpiece, other times a “stomp track” from the foot choreography.

From Los Angeles Times

Every body slap and stomp is part of the rhythm and the music of it, because it couldn’t just be where diegetic audio fades out and then there’s this great, wonderful piece.

From Los Angeles Times

But she did not stomp on the bag to put it out.

From Los Angeles Times