tromp (third-person singular simple present tromps, present participle tromping, simple past and past participle tromped)
(chiefly, US, ambitransitive) To tread heavily, especially to crush underfoot.
(informal) To utterly defeat an opponent.
• (tread heavily): march, stamp, stomp, tramp, trample
• (utterly defeat): clobber, decimate, rout, trounce, whip
tromp (plural tromps)
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.
Source: Wiktionary
Tromp, n. Etym: [F. trombe, trompe, a waterspout, a water-blowing machine. Cf. Trump a trumpet.]
Definition: 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. [Written also trompe, and trombe.]
Tromp, Trompe, n. Etym: [See Trump a trumpet.]
Definition: A trumpet; a trump. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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