TRAMPLING
trample, trampling
(noun) the sound of heavy treading or stomping; “he heard the trample of many feet”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
trampling
present participle of trample
Noun
trampling (countable and uncountable, plural tramplings)
The act of something that tramples.
Source: Wiktionary
TRAMPLE
Tram"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trampled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trampling.]
Etym: [OE. trampelen, freq. of trampen. See Tramp, v. t.]
1. To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading; as,
to trample grass or flowers. Dryden.
Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them
under their feet. Matt. vii. 6.
2. Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult. Cowper.
Tram"ple, v. i.
1. To tread with force and rapidity; to stamp.
2. To tread in contempt; -- with on or upon.
Diogenes trampled on Plato's pride with greater of his own. Gov. of
Tongue.
Tram"ple, n.
Definition: The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by
trampling. Milton.
The huddling trample of a drove of sheep. Lowell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition