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tromp

1

[tromp]

verb (used with object)

Informal.
  1. to tramp or trample.

  2. to defeat soundly; trounce.



Tromp

2

[trawmp]

noun

  1. Cornelis 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.

Tromp

/ tromp /

noun

  1. Cornelius ( Martenszoon ) (korˈneɪlɪs). 1629–91, Dutch admiral, who fought during the 2nd and 3rd Anglo-Dutch Wars

  2. his father, Maarten ( Harpertszoon ) (ˈmartən). 1598–1653, Dutch admiral, who fought in the 1st Anglo-Dutch War: killed in action

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Tromp1

1880–85; gradational variant of tramp, perhaps with vowel of stomp
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But, like a prince tromping through the forest looking for a lost love, the part would always find its way back to her.

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Meanwhile, Snow White’s signature costume is so brightly saturated that it’s blinding; it appears especially bizarre when she tromps around the woods with a hoodie-clad Jonathan and his troupe of merry Brooklyn bicycle messengers.

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Almost that exact same scene happens again in Rachel Fleit’s documentary “Sugar Babies” when a cam girl tromps into the woods for a rendezvous with a paying stranger.

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Dear Esther, released in 2012, saw players exploring a moonlit Hebridean island, tromping through purple heather.

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He went out the kitchen door and tromped down the stairs.

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