clomp (verb)

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• clomp — ► VERB ▪ walk with a heavy tread. ► NOUN ▪ the sound of a heavy tread. ORIGIN imitative …   English terms dictionary

• clomp — verb walk with a heavy tread. noun the sound of a heavy tread. Origin C19: imitative; cf. clump …   English new terms dictionary

• clomp — 1. noun /klɑmp/ the sound of feet hitting the ground loudly 2. verb /klɑmp/ to move, making loud noises with ones feet ...so having smoothed my hair as well as I could, and repeatedly twitched my obdurate collar, I proceeded to clomp down the two …   Wiktionary

• clomp — intransitive verb Etymology: by alteration Date: 1829 clump 1 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• clomp — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To make a dull sound by or as if by striking a surface with a heavy object: clump, clunk, thud. See SOUNDS …   English dictionary for students

• clomp — /klɒmp/ (say klomp) noun 1. the sound of a heavy object falling upon a floor, especially a shoe. –verb (i) 2. to walk about noisily. {imitative} …  

• clump — ► NOUN 1) a small group of trees or plants growing closely together. 2) a compacted mass or lump of something. 3) another term for CLOMP(Cf. ↑clomp). ► VERB 1) form into a clump or mass. 2) another term f …   English terms dictionary

• clump — noun 1》 a small group of trees or plants growing closely together.     ↘a compacted mass or lump.     ↘Physiology an agglutinated mass of blood cells or bacteria, especially as an indicator of the presence of an antibody to them. 2》 another term… …   English new terms dictionary

• clump — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cluster, bunch, patch, thicket, grove; lump. See assemblage, density. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A group] Syn. cluster, bundle, knot, mass; see bunch 1 . 2. [A thump] Syn. bump, tramp, stamp, thud; see… …   English dictionary for students

• clunk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. & v. i. thud, thump (see sound). II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun A stroke or blow, especially one that produces a sound: beat, pound, thud, thump. See ATTACK, SOUNDS, STRIKE. II verb To make a dull… …   English dictionary for students

• dance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Motion to music Nouns 1. dance, dancing; ball, formal, tea dance, thé dansant, cotillion, promenade, dinner dance; masquerade, masked ball, bal masqué, fancy dress ball. Informal, drag, hop, prom, mixer …   English dictionary for students