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TROMP
Etymology 1
Verb
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.
Synonyms
• (tread heavily): march, stamp, stomp, tramp, trample
• (utterly defeat): clobber, decimate, rout, trounce, whip
Etymology 2
Noun
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
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