stomp v.
1. (US) to beat up, to defeat.
![]() | ‘Wild Buckaroo’ in 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. | |
![]() | 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.’. | |
![]() | Joint (1972) 45: If you wasn’t a broad I’d stomp yuh! | Ex Post Facto in|
![]() | Felony Tank (1962) 49: Until they stomp your teeth out. Then you’ll have some trouble. | |
![]() | (con. 1950s) Whoreson 67: I stomped the other on the face till her nose broke. | |
![]() | Dirty Laundry 145: I’ll stomp you out in a minute, Briscoe. I don’t really give a shit how you die. | |
![]() | Runnin’ Down Some Lines 256: stomp (on) [...] 2. Physically assault. 3. Severely beat. | |
![]() | Cat’s Eye (1989) 349: If you were a man you’d get stomped for that. | |
![]() | Mr Blue 36: I’ll stomp your brains out. | |
![]() | Jake’s Long Shadow 114: Me and my gang brothers [...] Stomped heads in, maimed and killed. | |
![]() | (con. 1960s-70s) Top Fellas 26/2: I did get called the Williamstown City Stomper. | |
![]() | ThugLit Jan. [ebook] ‘After you stomp the shit out of them, make sure to take their fucking sneakers—’. | ‘Redline’ in|
![]() | Widespread Panic 8: Harry has a rancid rep. He stomped two pachucos dead. |
2. (US teen) to dance.
![]() | Hepster’s Dict. 10: Stomp – Dance. |
3. (US black) to use language that is likely to cause a fight.
![]() | 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. |
In compounds
(US) violent, aggressive.
![]() | 🌐 If I don’t get my money, I’m gona get me a stomp ass union to bust some heads. | ‘White Knights in Satin’ 5 May on VirtualUnions.info
In phrases
(Polari) a dancehall.
![]() | Man-Eating Typewriter 28: [S]he worked as a hostess at Le Spleen de Paris, a subterranean stomping-khazi in the Latin quarter. |
to hurry, to go fast, esp. in a vehicle.
![]() | Thieves Like Us (1999) 6: Stomp it, Chicamaw. |