noun
clomp
Clomp (noun) means a loud, heavy sound made by feet striking the ground.
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A loud, heavy sound made by feet striking the ground.
"There was just a pause in the clomps, then Bill's boots went on toward the house."
— Laura Caroline Stevenson (1990)
"Amidst the clomps of oncoming horses, he could now hear men's low, conferring voices."
— Frank Leslie (2012)
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Etymology
Probably imitative in origin, or else a variant of clump (‘walk heavily and clumsily’), which is itself either imitative too or perhaps rooted in the idea of walking in clumps, from Dutch klomp (‘clump, mass, wooden shoe’).
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"clomp" (noun) means a loud, heavy sound made by feet striking the ground.
