2. Adjective. In a way that stomps or suggests stomping; stompy. ¹
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Definition of Stomping
1. stomp [v] - See also: stomp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stomping
Literary usage of Stomping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"I heard the horses stomping in the stable —EL Doctorow, Loon Lake, 1979 On national
television, he stomped a folding chair and verbally abused players ..."
2. Warmwater Fisheries: Symposium I (1991) edited by James L. Cooper, R. H. Hamre (1999)
"He said, "don't be guilty of stomping on the ants while the elephants run past".
I'll have to take a moment and share one untimely use of his quote I made. ..."
3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1852)
"... Bull Indicated weather tearful : Suddenly I beard a • stomping,' just as if a
... the ' stomping ' and the pause was, And the dapper little fellow stood ..."
4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1852)
"... I heard a »stomping,1 just as if a horse was romping; And a dapper little
fellow opened wide the parlor-door, Paused, and stopped, and nothing more. ..."
5. The Knickerbocker; Or, New York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew, Timothy Flint, Washington Irving (1852)
"... I heard a * stomping/ Just as If a horse was romping; And a dapper little
fellow opened wide the parlor-door, Paused, and stopped, and nothing more. ..."
6. Peking Dust by Ellen Newbold La Motte (1919)
"... fairly raging, and stomping—that's the word, stomping— up and down and shaking
his fist at the flag, and shouting that it must come down! ..."
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