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clomp

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /klɒmp/
  • General-American: /klɑmp/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒmp

1

noun

Meaning 1

The sound of feet hitting the ground loudly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To walk heavily or clumsily, as with clogs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To make some object hit something, thereby producing a clomping sound.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

walk clumsily

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: clump

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: walk

History

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeic or a variant of clump (“walk heavily and clumsily”), itself also onomatopoeic or perhaps from the notion of walking in clumps, from Dutch klomp (“clump, mass, wooden shoe”).

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: тежки стъпки (težki stǎpki) — The sound of feet hitting the ground loudly.
  • Galician: troupelear — To walk heavily or clumsily
  • German: stampfen — To walk heavily or clumsily