stompn.
/stɒmp/, U.S. /stɔmp/, /stɑmp/ Originally and chiefly U.S.
1.
a. Chiefly Jazz. A lively dance, usually involving heavy stamping; also, a tune or song suitable for such a dance; stomping rhythm. Also attributive.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > stomping > [noun]
stomp1912
stomping1930
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > stamp
stampa1400
stomp1912
1912 (title of tune) Stomp dance.
1923 (title of tune) House rent stomp.
1926 Amer. Mercury Apr. 388/1 Hot jazz (which the Charleston and the Stomp—ye gods, what a name!—are bringing back, worse luck!).
1929 P. G. Wodehouse Summer Lightning iv. 108 Leopold's justly famous band, its cheeks puffed out and its eyeballs rolling, was playing a popular melody with lots of stomp in it.
1933 Fortune Aug. 90/3 Gene Gifford has composed and arranged some of the neatest exercises in stomp (very fast) time.
1940 Swing June 24/2 Fundamentally, there are two types of jazz—blues and stomps... Stomp tunes are gay; blues are mournful.
1952 Mademoiselle Dec. 120/3 The great era of the stomp was the twenties.
1956 H. Kurnitz Invasion of Privacy xiii. 85 She opened..with ‘Vissi d'arte’ from Tosca..and to close, a hot and authentic stomp.
1968 Daily Mail 16 Mar. 6/5 Others did the stomp, an accelerated calypso, one of the most energetic and difficult dances I have ever tried to learn.
1977 J. Wainwright Do Nothin' vii. 116 An outfit, straight from a ‘viper session’ could take a stomp, play it at..a nice, bouncy pace, and it came out faster than seemed mortally possible.
b. A heavy stamping step to the beat of such a dance.
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society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > step > stamping or tapping
heel and toe1805
toe and heel1840
stomp1927
zapateado1959
1927 Observer 6 Feb. 15/7 Once you get the stomp—the peculiar beat of the foot—and you both hit the floor and not a neighbour's ankle, it is quite suitable as a ballroom dance.
1940 Time 25 Nov. 41/1 Dancer Massine [pieces out] simple footwork with deft body movements, well-timed claps and stomps.
1942 Sat. Evening Post 14 Feb. 20/2 A fast double shuffle that should have climaxed in a stomp.
1971 B. Malamud Tenants 217 Some of the youths try to imitate the newly married couples shaking their hips and shoulders but give it up and break into a stomp, shake, and whirl.
2. A party characterized by lively dancing to popular music; spec. a rent party.
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society > leisure > social event > fund-raising events > [noun] > rent party
parlour social1883
house party1923
house rent party1925
rent party1925
stomp1926
boogie1929
shake1946
skiffle1946
society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > [noun] > informal
hop1731
kick-upc1781
carpet-dance1846
shindig1871
stomp1926
jump-up1948
1926 P. Whiteman & M. M. McBride Jazz viii. 177 The ‘stomp’ consisted of a barbecue with music afterwards, during and before. The guests raised a purse to save their host's home and also composed a new blues for the occasion.
1940 Amer. Speech 15 211/1 An official camp dance is a G.I. stomp.
1967 E. A. Gollschewsky in Coast to Coast 1965–6 86 The stomp crowd breaking up down at the Junior Citizens' Hall.
1977 P. Dickinson Walking Dead iii. iii. 230 The villagers met..for dances—those noisy nights half-way between revivalist meetings and beer-hall stomp.
3. A heavy, tramping gait or walk; on the stomp: tramping or trudging from place to place.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > heavy
proculcation1656
tramping1660
stump1770
clampa1774
stumping1805
foot tramp1808
tramp1817
stomping1819
trampling1828
tromping1953
stomp1971
1971 B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 205 The parade-ground stomp was out in Dimapur, where it raised too much dust; the fashion was for a sort of brisk stroll, a gun-fighter's walk.
1977 ‘J. le Carré’ Honourable Schoolboy xvi. 392 He went on the stomp for refugee and orphan stories.
1982 Times 6 Sept. 7/1 A stomp along the cliff path, talking all the way.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
stompv.1
Used by Browning (to obtain a rhyme) for stump or stamp.
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1845 R. Browning Eng. in Italy in Bells & Pomegranates No. VII: Dramatic Romances & Lyrics 272 And then will the flaxen-wigged Image Be carried in pomp Thro' the plain, while in gallant procession The priests mean to stomp.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
stompv.2
/stɒmp/, U.S. /stɔmp/, /stɑmp/ Chiefly U.S. (originally dialect).
1.
a. intransitive. = stamp v. 2a. Also figurative.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the foot > downwards > stamp on
stamp1340
stamp1602
stomp1803
stomp1934
1803 J. Davis Trav. U.S.A. x. 382 He began to stomp upon me, and ax if I had yet got enough.
1936 C. Carmer Listen for Lonesome Drum 74 I stomped on his hand.
1961 C. McCullers Clock without Hands vii. 148 He took down his records of German lieder.. and stomped on them, stomping with such despair and fury that not a groove of the records remained unshattered.
1971 B. Malamud Tenants 65 In the last piece Harry..is painted white by three brothers after they had considered stomping on him..for what he did.
1973 Observer 25 Nov. 28/4 They stomped all over Newport County.., winning 3–1.
b. = stamp v. 2b.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (intransitive)] > with the foot > stamp
tramplea1382
strampc1423
trampa1425
stamp1535
supplode1623
drub1855
stomp1914
1914 Dial. Notes 4 156 Stomp, v.i., var. of stamp, to strike the foot forcibly and noisily downward.
1917 Dial. Notes 4 400 Stomp.., tread heavily or noisily with one or more feet... ‘He stomped on the floor as hard as he could.’
1928 J. M. Peterkin Scarlet Sister Mary 147 Tell Doll not to stomp so hard.
1940 Time 29 July 40 They banged, rattled, beat, blew, stomped.
1969 New Scientist 17 July 119/2 The astronaut will be asked to stomp on the surface several times to produce observable seismic signals.
1982 B. Chatwin On Black Hill xvi. 77 The bull bellowed; horses stomped in their stalls.
c. = stamp v. 2e.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > heavily
stamp1490
trample1530
tramp1570
stump1600
thump1604
clump1665
trape1706
pound1801
clamp1808
clomp1829
lump1861
tromp1892
stunt1901
stomp1919
1919 E. Pound Quia Pauper Amavi 18 He stomped into my bedroom.
1941 Time 13 Oct. 15/3 Mr. Ford stomped out, grinding his teeth.
1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie ii. 26 Whitey was stomping up and down the length of the bar trying to promote some free drinks.
1956 J. Masters Bugles & Tiger 87 Biniram unpacked my suitcase, threw my pyjamas on the bed, and stomped out.
1967 G. Steiner Lang. & Silence 138 He stomps like a boisterous giant through a literature often marked by slim volumes of whispered lyricism.
1971 B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 89 He came stomping along the edge—for a moment I thought he was going to dive in after me, boots and all!
1981 ‘J. Gash’ Vatican Rip vii. 61 I'd never seen people move so fast... Everybody simply stomped hurriedly past.
2.
a. transitive. = stamp v. 3a. Also figurative.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the foot > downwards > stamp on > affect in specific way by stamping
stamp1488
stomp1916
1916 in H. Wentworth Amer. Dial. Dict. (1944) 593/1 Before you stomp all that snow off.
1941 H. Skidmore Hawk's Nest 2 [She] stomped the red clay from her feet.
1954 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Oct. 116/3 Any passerby could look through the glass and see if the teacher inside were perhaps being pinned to the wall or stomped into the floor.
1971 B. Patten Irrelevant Song 40 I will make all that is possible step out of time To a land of giant hurrays! where the happy monsters dance And stomp darkness down.
1981 M. C. Smith Gorky Park i. iii. 45 The host's carload entered, stomping snow off their boots.
b. to stomp one's feet. Cf. stamp v. 3c.
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the mind > emotion > anger > furious anger > to rage (of fury) [verb (intransitive)] > be or become furious
wedec1000
resea1250
ragea1400
rampc1405
rase1440
outragea1475
stampc1480
enragec1515
ournc1540
gry1594
fury1628
rampage1692
to stamp one's foot1821
to fire off1848
foam1852
fire1859
to stomp one's feetc1927
to spit chips1947
to spit cotton1947
to spit blood1963
to go ballistic1981
c1927–34 J. Toomer in Black Scholar (1971) Jan. 8 I teased the girls. I sent notes. I stomped my feet and made strange noises.
1941 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 10 May 113/2 Fern stomped feet against the floor.
1955 Birmingham (Alabama) News 14 July 55/2 She stomped her feet in the manner in which she testified she saw Colin walking toward the car to take the battery.
1972 Jazz & Blues Nov. 5/1 They jitterbugged to ‘One O'Clock Jump’ and stomped their feet to ‘Maple Leaf Rag’.
c. To stamp or trample on (a person, etc.). Also transferred.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the foot > downwards > stamp on
stamp1340
stamp1602
stomp1803
stomp1934
1934 C. Carmer Stars fell on Alabama 165 I fixes to stomp him to death... There I was stompin' jest like I'd stomped a thousand coons.
1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 16 May 28 The Indians then began a victory dance. Before the dance was over..the..British fliers were stomping the ground in customary style.
1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 201 I never could stomach the relish with which soldiers would describe how they had stomped some faggot in a bar.
1967 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 1 May c2/6 Jerry got into an argument with his mother and his father shouted: ‘I'm gonna stomp you!’
1975 D. Lodge Changing Places ii. 86 He saw Carol jumping up and down on the mountainous figure of the black wrestler, ‘Stomp me baby, stomp me,’ he moaned.
d. With out. = stamp v. 3d. Chiefly transferred.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.)
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drenchc1374
vanquishc1380
stuffa1387
daunt?a1400
adauntc1400
to put downa1425
overwhelmc1425
overwhelvec1450
quatc1450
slockc1485
suppressa1500
suffocate1526
quealc1530
to trample under foot1530
repress1532
quail1533
suppress1537
infringe1543
revocate1547
whelm1553
queasom1561
knetcha1564
squench1577
restinguish1579
to keep down1581
trample1583
repel1592
accable1602
crush1610
to wrestle down?1611
chokea1616
stranglea1616
stifle1621
smother1632
overpower1646
resuppress1654
strangulate1665
instranglea1670
to choke back, down, in, out1690
to nip or crush in the bud1746
spiflicate1749
squasha1777
to get under1799
burke1835
to stamp out1851
to trample down1853
quelch1864
to sit upon ——1864
squelch1864
smash1865
garrotte1878
scotch1888
douse1916
to drive under1920
stomp1936
stultify1958
1936 Sun (Baltimore) 4 Dec. 12/3 We are against crime. Crime should be ‘stomped’ out.
1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet i. iii. 82 That first Snopes will turn around and stomp the fire out.
1941 Time 29 Dec. 22/1 Castillo would use his new powers..to stomp out Nazi propaganda agents.
1976 Science 10 Sept. 982/1 Despite government efforts to stomp it out..the banned anticancer drug Laetrile has a steady..market..in the United States.
e. To beat out (a rhythm) with one's foot.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [verb (transitive)] > mark rhythm or measure > by beating, etc.
strike1665
noddle1788
wave1851
tambourinate1913
stomp1925
stomp1973
1973 Black World Mar. 61/2 Arms open wide, he stomped out a savage drum beat: ‘Kill! kill! kill! kill!’
f. To tramp or trudge between (a series of places).
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)] > tread heavily
trampa1774
stomp1977
1977 ‘J. le Carré’ Honourable Schoolboy xv. 331 He was reduced to stomping the air-freight agencies, asking about a firm called Indocharter.
3. Chiefly Jazz.
a. transitive. To perform (a dance) to a lively, stamping rhythm.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > stomping > stomp [verb (transitive)]
stomp1926
1926 B. Krenz (title of song) Stomp your stuff.
1926 in R. S. Gold Jazz Lexicon (1964) 297 When they start dancin'—Stompin and prancin'—the dance called the sugar foot stomp.
1978 Amer. Poetry Rev. July–Aug. 45/2 ‘Stomping the blues’ is also dancing with the get down style of dance-beat-oriented people.
b. With off. To beat (a tempo) with one's foot as a signal to a jazz band to start to play; also, to signal to (a band) in this way. Also absol. or intransitive.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [verb (transitive)] > mark rhythm or measure > by beating, etc.
strike1665
noddle1788
wave1851
tambourinate1913
stomp1925
stomp1973
1925 in R. S. Gold Jazz Lexicon (1964) 298 (title of tune) Stomp off, let's go.
1960 H. O. Brunn Story Orig. Dixieland Jazz Band vi. 68 For this reason LaRocca was not allowed to ‘stomp off’ his band in the usual fashion.
1961 Artesian Winter 33 They stomped off the solid beat.
1970 W. Apel Harvard Dict. Music (rev. ed.) 441/2 In the earliest forms of jazz the leader ‘stomped off’ the tempo (gave it by tapping his foot).
c. intransitive. To dance or play a stomp. Cf. stomp n. 1.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > stomping > stomp [verb (intransitive)]
stomp1925
1925 (title of song) Everybody stomp.
1929 (title of tune) I'm gonna stomp, Mr. Henry Lee.
1937 C. Connolly in L. Russell Press Gang! 80 And then dancing, while..David stomps on the piano.
1957 D. Hague in S. Traill Concerning Jazz 112 A resurgence of swing in evidence..and Dixieland still stomping here and there.
1968 Daily Mail 16 Mar. 6/1 ‘Ullo, darlin', can you stomp?’ my rocker friend Jonny asked gaily. I looked puzzled. ‘It's the new Rocker dance,’ he explained.
1974 Daily Mail 16 Oct. 6/4 He does not stomp quite so energetically these days.
Derivatives
stomped adj. /stɒmpt/
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [adjective] > beating time
strong?1775
stomped1946
1946 R. Blesh Shining Trumpets iv. 95 A stomped and hand-clapped rhythmic base.
1950 R. P. Blesh & H. Janis They all played Ragtime ix. 176 Nor is erudite musical analysis needed to differentiate ragtime from jazz when one has heard him play the Maple Leaf in the authentic St. Louis manner and then follow with his own complex stomped version ‘along the lines of jazz creation’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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