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Meaning of stomp in English

(Definition of stomp from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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Examples of stomp

stomp
The children engage in an imaginary play frame by stomping around like farmers in a field.
Among women from one ground at an indoor stomp dance in 1997, approximately two-thirds of the time was spent 'gossiping'.
The ceremonial cycle is made up of four night-long dances (stomp dances) performed during the summer months.
She engages the audiences by asking either for a show of hands of former "cats and stomps" or by clapping.
The poem moves from a description of "cats" and "stomps" to recollections of new students (boys) arriving at the boarding school.
The distinction between "cat" and "stomp" was widely known to a certain generation of boarding school students, and in many ways this poem is a bit of boarding school nostalgia.
That seems to be the favourite stomping ground of some of them.
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What happened when one stomped around the country to find out about the referendum?
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He was often put up against a wall, spread-eagled, and then soldiers or police would come up behind him and stomp on his feet.
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Who stomped up and down the country doing his best to persuade the dockers to strike?
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Other effects are making the player able to grow large and stomp on the rats, to run much faster, or make the lasso bigger.
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Approaching his celebrating teammates, he jumped up with the intention of stomping on home plate instead of simply stepping on it.
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An adjustable plastic pipe allowed a foam rubber rocket to be launched at any angle when the user stomped on the plunger.
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I guess that was the beginning of the surfer's stomp.
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She has seismic boots that can cause tremors in the floor whenever she stomps down.
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Translations of stomp

in Chinese (Traditional)
邁著沉重的步子走, (尤指)怒氣衝衝地走, (常指爲表示生氣)跺(腳)…
in Chinese (Simplified)
迈着重重的步子走, (尤指)怒气冲冲地走, (常指为表示生气)跺(脚)…
in Spanish
andar dando pisotones, pisar fuerte, golpear…
in Portuguese
pisar forte, pisar duro…
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sert adımlarla yürümek, ayaklarını pat pat vurarak yürümek, yere ayak vurmak…
marcher d’un pas lourd/bruyant, marcher d’un pas lourd…
踏(ふ)み鳴(な)らす…
stampen…
těžce našlapovat…
stampe, trampe…
menghentakkan kaki…
กระทืบ…
dậm mạnh…
tupać, ciężko kroczyć…
stampa…
menghentakkan kaki…
stampfen…
stampe, trampe…
тупати…
топать…
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