Lexic.us

Definition of Tromp

1. n. A blowing apparatus, in which air, drawn into the upper part of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it is led to a furnace.

2. n. A trumpet; a trump.

Definition of Tromp

1. Verb. (Chiefly American English) To tread heavily, especially to crush underfoot. ¹

2. Verb. To utterly defeat an opponent. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tromp

1. to tramp [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: tramp

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tromp

Literary usage of Tromp

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"When on July 11 tromp started on his pursuit of Blake, he was without any ... On July 25, a few hours after tromp had succeeded in locating the English ..."

2. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Revolution by David Hume (1858)
"Blake pretended, that having given a signal to the Dutch admiral to strike, tromp, instead of complying, fired a broadside at him. tromp asserted, that he ..."

3. History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1656 by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1903)
"It is exceedingly likely that tromp intended to do no more than to remonstrate with Blake—whose orders Young had pleaded for his conduct demanding the ..."

4. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1835)
"In 1652, hostilities commenced between Holland and England, and tromp and the English admiral Blake fought in the Downs: the Dutch fleet sustained some loss ..."

5. The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the by William Russell (1802)
"tromp immediately fell along side of Sprague, and both engaged with ... tromp was compelled once to shift his flag, Sprague twice to quit his ship; and, ..."

6. The History of Modern Europe: with an Account of the Decline and Fall of the by William Russell (1837)
"Van tromp, an admiral of great renown, had received from AD the states the command of a fleet of ... At length Van tromp, seconded by the famous De Ruyter, ..."

Other Resources: