clomp
Loud boot step
Clomp is to walk heavily and noisily, making dull, thudding sounds with each step: He clomped down the stairs in his work boots.
The word suggests footwear with hard soles—boots, clogs, or heels—striking a surface with more force than grace.
A clomp is one such heavy footfall.
Tread heavily
- trudgeWalk slowly, heavily
- plodMove slowly, heavily
- lumberSawn wood for building
- galumphWalk heavily and clumsily
tramp · tromp · stamp · clunk · trample · march · thunder · stump
Ankle-covering footwear
- clogsWooden-soled shoes
- heelsRaised shoe bottoms
- workbootsDurable footwear for manual labor
- combatArmed hostile engagement
hiking · soles · tread · leather · steel-toe · platforms · brogans · galoshes
Lacking grace or ease
- ungainlyLacking ease of movement
- lumberingMoving heavily and awkwardly
- heavy-footedWalking loud and clumsily
- clumsyLacking physical coordination
graceless · plodding · blundering · oafish · galumphing · uncoordinated · inelegant · bumbling
stomp
Tread heavily
galumph · tramp · tromp · stamp · clunk · trample · march · thunder · stump · pound
thud
Dull impact noise
bang · pound · clatter · boom · tramp · stamp · trampling · footfall · thundering · pounding
boots
Ankle-covering footwear
combat · hiking · soles · tread · leather · steel-toe · platforms · brogans · galoshes · hobnailed
awkward
Lacking grace or ease
- ungainlyLacking ease of movement
- lumberingMoving heavily and awkwardly
- heavy-footedWalking loud and clumsily
clumsy · graceless · plodding · blundering · oafish · galumphing · uncoordinated · inelegant · bumbling · noisy
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- compressioncompress, compression, compressor, compressing, compact
clomptiptoe
Walk on foot-fronts
tread lightly · walk on eggshells · patter · trip · flit