As verbs the difference between tromp and clump
is that tromp is (chiefly|us) to tread heavily, especially to crush underfoot while clump is to form clusters or lumps.
As nouns the difference between tromp and clump
is that tromp is 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 while clump is a cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
tromp
English
Etymology 1
1892, variant of (tramp).Verb
(
en verb)
(chiefly, US) To tread heavily, especially to crush underfoot.
:Mother yelled at my brothers for tromping through her flowerbed.
:The hoodlums were tromping pumpkins they had stolen from their neighbors' Halloween displays.
To utterly defeat an opponent.
:The team had been tromped by their cross-town rivals, and the players were embarrassed to show their faces in school the next day.
Synonyms
* (tread heavily) march, stamp, stomp, tramp, trample
* (utterly defeat) clobber, decimate, rout, whip
Etymology 2
(etyl) trombe, trompe, a waterspout, a water-blowing machine. Compare trump, a trumpet.
Alternative forms
* trombe, trompe
Noun
(
en 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.
References
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clump
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.
* Hawthorne
- a clump of shrubby trees
A dull thud.
The compressed clay of coal strata.
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Derived terms
* clumpy
Verb
(
en verb)
To form clusters or lumps
To gather into thick groups
To walk with heavy footfalls.
Derived terms
* clump up
