clomp
Americanverb (used without object)
noun
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
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In a brutal little detail, he contrasts Danny’s bikini groupies with the women in Rick’s crowd, who clomp toward him with toilet paper stuck to their shoes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
On any fine weekend morning like that one, Vermont’s ski resorts are clamorous: Whirring chairs spin skiers uphill, snow-making machines hiss at the edge of the trail and booted visitors clomp into cafeterias.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2022
“I was good! But I think I move like a writer. I clomp through life.”
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 22, 2016
I stop before reaching the end and clomp heavily to the wall.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2015
The only sounds were the clomp of the mule’s feet and the angry fussing of a pair of squirrels high in a limb above them.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
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