Jump To:

• tromp
  tromp

  verb (used with object)

  to tramp or trample.
• Tromp
  Tromp

  noun

  Cornelis 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.

tromp

¹ American  

[tromp] / trɒmp /

verb (used with object)

Informal.

1. to tramp or trample.

2. to defeat soundly; trounce.

---

Tromp ² American  

[trawmp] / trɔmp /

noun

1. Cornelis 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.

---

Tromp British  

/ tromp /

noun

1. Cornelius ( Martenszoon ) (korˈneɪlɪs). 1629–91, Dutch admiral, who fought during the 2nd and 3rd Anglo-Dutch Wars

2. his father, Maarten ( Harpertszoon ) (ˈmartən). 1598–1653, Dutch admiral, who fought in the 1st Anglo-Dutch War: killed in action

---

Etymology

Origin of tromp

1880–85; gradational variant of tramp, perhaps with vowel of stomp

Explanation

To tromp is to walk in a heavy, plodding way, perhaps making a stomping or clomping sound. A person who is walking somewhere in a very deliberate, forceful manner may tromp there. A sulky child who wants everyone to know he's angry about something may tromp around the house. When a person tromps, their steps are heavy and usually easy to hear, like an upstairs neighbor whose stomping and thudding around keeps you awake at night. The word tromp is also used more figuratively to mean "soundly defeat" or "trounce," as in "We tromped the other team at the state championships!"

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

tromp Tromp

We stroll, stride, plod, traipse, amble, saunter, shuffle, tiptoe, lumber, tromp, lope, strut and swagger.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 5, 2022

A cohort of notable actors — including Michael Caine, Ben Foster and Matthew Goode — tromp through “Medieval,” Petr Jakl’s lumbering epic about the storied Czech warrior Jan Zizka.

From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2022

If you’ve ever sold a home, you know the drill: You keep a tidy house, and then you have to go somewhere while strangers tromp through the place and judge your housekeeping proficiency.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2021

Yet they tromp directly into it, friends for life, counting on the power of their combined celebrity to see them through.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2021

It would be foolish to tromp much farther through the river’s edge in the dark, with the risk of snakes and crocodiles.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

“It’s been a lifesaver,” said Tija Zamparelli Tromp, owner of Pinacoteca Picture Props in North Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Tromp believed that the prince's lie had eventually turned into self-deception.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2023

The Netherlands closed to 8-5 in the eighth before Chia-Hao Sung retired Chadwick Tromp on an inning-ending flyout with a man on.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 11, 2023

The Netherlands took a 4-1 lead in the sixth when Josh Palacios singled home Gregorius, and a Chadwick Tromp single scored two more.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2023

The states-general found it necessary to replace Tromp, who was at once sent to sea, again with the charge of seeing the outward-bound trade down Channel, and waiting for the homeward-bound.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various