noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈtɹæmpəl/
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rhymes with -æmpəl
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A heavy stepping.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The sound of heavy footsteps.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To crush something by walking on it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
to trample grass or flowers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To treat someone harshly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To walk heavily and destructively.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
June 9, 1960, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round [...] horses proud of the crimson and yellow shaving-brushes on their heads, and of the sharp tingling bells upon their harness that chime far along the glaring white road along which they trample [...]
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To cause emotional injury as if by trampling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
the sound of heavy treading or stomping
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he heard the trample of many feet
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trampling
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sound
8
verb
Meaning 8
injure by trampling or as if by trampling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The passerby was trampled by an elephant
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: injure, wound
9
verb
Meaning 9
walk on and flatten
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
tramp down the grass
trample the flowers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tramp down, tread down
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: walk
10
verb
Meaning 10
tread or stomp heavily or roughly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The soldiers trampled across the fields
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tread
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: walk
Narrower terms: treadle
History
Etymology
From Middle English tramplen, trampelen (“to walk heavily”), equivalent to tramp + -le. Cognate with Saterland Frisian trampelje (“to trample”), Dutch trampelen (“to trample”), German Low German trampeln (“to trample”), German trampeln (“to trample”).
Across languages
Translations
99 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
трополене
(tropolene)
— the sound of heavy footsteps
Bulgarian:
тежки стъпки
(težki stǎpki)
— the sound of heavy footsteps
Danish:
trampen
— the sound of heavy footsteps
German:
Trampeln
— the sound of heavy footsteps
Italian:
calpestio
— the sound of heavy footsteps
Spanish:
pisoteada
— the sound of heavy footsteps
Spanish:
pisoteo
— the sound of heavy footsteps
Albanian:
shkel
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Amharic:
ረጋገጠ
(rägagäṭä)
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Arabic:
دَعَسَ
(daʕasa)
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Arabic:
وَطِئَ
(waṭiʔa)
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Armenian:
տրորել
(trorel)
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Armenian:
կոխել
(koxel)
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Azerbaijani:
tapdalamaq
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Bashkir:
тапау
(tapaw)
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Bulgarian:
стъпквам
(stǎpkvam)
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Catalan:
trepitjar
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Catalan:
calcigar
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Chinese Cantonese:
踩
(caai2)
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Chinese Mandarin:
踐踏 /践踏
(jiàntà)
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Chinese Mandarin:
跴
(cǎi)
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Chinese Mandarin:
踩
(cǎi)
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Chinese Mandarin:
蹈
(dǎo)
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Danish:
trampe
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Egyptian:
p:t-p:t-A24
(ptpt)
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Finnish:
talloa
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Finnish:
tallata
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
French:
fouler
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
French:
piétiner
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Galician:
trepar
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Georgian:
გადათელავს
(gadatelavs)
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
German:
trampeln
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
German:
zertrampeln
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
German:
herumtrampeln
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Gothic:
𐌲𐌰𐍄𐍂𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽
(gatrudan)
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Ancient Greek:
καταπατέω
(katapatéō)
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Ingrian:
talloa
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Irish:
dramhail
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Italian:
calpestare
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Italian:
pestare
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Japanese:
踏み荒らす
(fumiarasu)
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Japanese:
踏みつける
(fumitsukeru)
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Kabuverdianu:
kalka
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Latin:
calcō
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Lithuanian:
trypti
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Lithuanian:
sutrypti
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Manchu:
ᡶᡝᡥᡠᠮᠪᡳ
(fehumbi)
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Māori:
hūkari
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Māori:
takahi
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Māori:
takatakahi
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Occitan:
trepejar
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Occitan:
caupir
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Occitan:
pompir
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Occitan:
sonsir
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Occitan:
penejar
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Polish:
rozdeptywać
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Portuguese:
pisotear
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Russian:
топта́ть
(toptátʹ)
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Russian:
растопта́ть
(rastoptátʹ)
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Spanish:
pisotear
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Spanish:
hollar
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Spanish:
apisonar
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Telugu:
మట్టు
(maṭṭu)
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Ottoman Turkish:
چیكنهمك
(çiğnemek)
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Ottoman Turkish:
طبانلامق
(tabanlamak)
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Ottoman Turkish:
آیاقلامق
(ayaklamak)
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Welsh:
sengi
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Welsh:
sangu
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Welsh:
sathru
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Yiddish:
צעטרעטן
(tsetretn)
— (transitive) to crush something by walking on it
Albanian:
shkel
— to treat someone harshly
German:
herumtrampeln auf
— to treat someone harshly
Italian:
offendere
— to treat someone harshly
Italian:
urtare
— to treat someone harshly
Italian:
maltrattare
— to treat someone harshly
Quechua:
t'ustuy
— to treat someone harshly
Spanish:
pisotear
— to treat someone harshly
Spanish:
maltratar
— to treat someone harshly
Spanish:
humillar
— to treat someone harshly
Bulgarian:
газя
(gazja)
— (intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
Bulgarian:
стъпвам тежко
(stǎpvam težko)
— (intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
Catalan:
trepitjar
— (intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
Danish:
trampe
— (intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
Galician:
trepar
— (intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
German:
trampeln
— (intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
Italian:
calpestare
— (intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
Italian:
pestare
— (intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
Russian:
то́пать
(tópatʹ)
— (intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
Russian:
топта́ть
(toptátʹ)
— (intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
Spanish:
pisotear
— (intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
Spanish:
patullar
— (intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
Spanish:
apisonar
— (intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
Spanish:
zapatear
— (intransitive) to walk heavily and destructively
Danish:
trampe
— (intransitive) to cause emotional injury as if by trampling
German:
trampeln
— (intransitive) to cause emotional injury as if by trampling
Italian:
offendere
— (intransitive) to cause emotional injury as if by trampling
Italian:
violare
— (intransitive) to cause emotional injury as if by trampling
Spanish:
ofender
— (intransitive) to cause emotional injury as if by trampling
Spanish:
humillar
— (intransitive) to cause emotional injury as if by trampling