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▪ I. clomp, v. colloq. (orig. dial.).
[dial. f. clamp or clump.]
To walk as with clogs.
1829J. Hunter Hallamshire Gloss. 23 A person wearing thick-soled shoes clomps as he walks, especially if on a wooden floor. 1847A. Brontë Agnes Grey ii. 27, I proceeded to clomp down the two flights of stairs. 1850E. Elliott More Verse & Pr. I. 67 To clomp in my clogs there. 1887Sims Mary Jane's Mem. 28 Great big clomping boots. 1959Listener 22 Jan. 159/1 Boys clomped through the streets with skis on their shoulders. 1978J. Krantz Scruples v. 139 He clomped up the stairs to his apartment as noisily as possible. 1986Washington Post 17 Feb. c7/1 The people..clomp through the man-eating plants carrying cave-man clubs and wearing helmets.
▪ II. clomp, n. colloq.
Also reduplicated clomp-clomp.
[f. the verb: cf. clamp n.4 and clump n. 1 b.]
A heavy tramping sound; a thud, as of a boot or clog brought firmly to the ground.
1912W. Deeping Sincerity xxix. 228 Heard the clomp of heavy feet and the growling of gruff voices. 1965G. McInnes Road to Gundagai xiv. 253 But at this moment came a reassuring clomp-clomp of steel-nailed boots. 1983G. Swift Waterland xxix. 181 He opens his door, enters. Clomp of his feet across the floorboards. |