Tromp Definition

trŏmp
tromps
verb
To walk heavily and noisily; tramp.
American Heritage

Tramp.

Webster's New World
To apply heavy foot pressure on something.
Tromped on the accelerator and sped off.
American Heritage
To trample underfoot.
American Heritage
To defeat soundly; trounce.
American Heritage
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noun

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.

Wiktionary

Origin of Tromp

  • French trombe, trompe, a waterspout, a water-blowing machine. Compare trump, a trumpet.

    From Wiktionary

  • 1892, variant of tramp.

    From Wiktionary

  • Variant of tramp

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Tromp Sentence Examples

  • War was declared in May 1652 after a fight between Blake and Tromp off Dover, and was continued with signal victories and defeats on both sides till 1654.

  • The Dutch acknowledged the supremacyof the English flag in the British seas, which Tromp had before refused; they accepted the Navigation Act, and undertook privately to exclude the princes of Orange from the command of their forces.

  • Brielle is the birthplace of the famous admiral Martin van Tromp, and also of Admiral van Almonde, a distinguished commander of the early 18th century.

  • Blake came into the Straits of Dover with his ships, and on the 19th of May a sharp collision took place between him and Tromp. Bourne joined his countryman after the action began.

  • Soon after Blake had gone, Tromp appeared in the Downs with a stronger force and threatened an attack on Ayscue.

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