tromp

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to walk, tread, or stamp heavily, often crushing what is underfoot

   The crowd began to tromp across the wet grass toward the gate.

2. 2
   verb

   informal: to defeat someone decisively

   The home team expected to tromp its inexperienced opponent.

An American English alteration of tramp, the older Germanic verb meaning to walk or stamp heavily. The sense of defeating someone develops from the image of trampling an opponent.

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