Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (US) to beat up, to defeat.

1940s		‘Wild Buckaroo’ in G. Logsdon Whorehouse Bells Were Ringing (1995) 107: I’ve been bustin’ broncos since I was a squirt, / When I ain’t bronc stompin’ I’m braidin’ a quirt.
1952		N.Y. Daily News 2 Oct. n.p.: A revived technique in teen-age gang fighting – ‘stomping’ – was disclosed by police after they picked up eight youths [...] They found four typed copies of the following message: ‘[…] You have been stomped by experts. Next time, wise up. The Conchise.’.
1954		J. Blake Ex Post Facto in Joint (1972) 45: If you wasn’t a broad I’d stomp yuh!
1961		M. Braly Felony Tank (1962) 49: Until they stomp your teeth out. Then you’ll have some trouble.
1972		(con. 1950s) D. Goines Whoreson 67: I stomped the other on the face till her nose broke.
1978		P. Hamill Dirty Laundry 145: I’ll stomp you out in a minute, Briscoe. I don’t really give a shit how you die.
1980		E. Folb Runnin’ Down Some Lines 256: stomp (on) [...] 2. Physically assault. 3. Severely beat.
1988		M. Atwood Cat’s Eye (1989) 349: If you were a man you’d get stomped for that.
1999		E. Bunker Mr Blue 36: I’ll stomp your brains out.
2002		A. Duff Jake’s Long Shadow 114: Me and my gang brothers [...] Stomped heads in, maimed and killed.
2004		(con. 1960s-70s) T. Taylor Top Fellas 26/2: I did get called the Williamstown City Stomper.
2014		E. McNamara ‘Redline’ in ThugLit Jan. [ebook] ‘After you stomp the shit out of them, make sure to take their fucking sneakers—’.
2021		J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 8: Harry has a rancid rep. He stomped two pachucos dead.

2. (US teen) to dance.

1954

Hepster’s Dict. 10: Stomp – Dance.

3. (US black) to use language that is likely to cause a fight.

1980

E. Folb Runnin’ Down Some Lines 95: So verbal confrontation runs the gamut from the more or less playful capping sessions to [...] hard-core confrontation where you scream cold, hard, foul or stomp on someone.