stompings
Loud forceful treading
Stompings are instances of stomping—heavy, forceful treading or trampling.
The word often describes violent beatings delivered with the feet: The gang was known for brutal stompings outside nightclubs.
It can also refer to decisive victories: The team's recent stompings of their rivals have boosted morale.
Skilled lower-limb movement
- beatsPulses or defeats
- rhythmsPatterns of repeated movement
- cloggingObstructing a passage
- stepsSequential actions in process
flamenco · tap · percussion · boots · dancing · gumboot · floor · choreography
Strikes delivered repeatedly
- attacksAggressive hostile actions
- assaultsViolent physical attacks
- kickingsFoot-delivered blows
- tramplingsActs of crushing underfoot
poundings · thrashings · batterings · muggings · aggression · brutality · boots · victims
Rhythmic group walking
- ralliesGathers or recovers
- demonstrationsPublic displays of opinion
- bootsAnkle-covering footwear
- streetsPublic urban ways
solidarity · activism · pavement · crowds · chanting · resistance · movements · dissent
Severe beatings or defeats
- drubbingsOverwhelming defeats or beatings
- beatingsStrikes delivered repeatedly
- trouncingOverwhelming defeat
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
demolishing · overwhelming · victories · blowouts · routs · shellackings · walloping · domination
footwork
Skilled lower-limb movement
steps · flamenco · tap · percussion · boots · dancing · gumboot · floor · choreography · tribal
beatings
Strikes delivered repeatedly
tramplings · poundings · thrashings · batterings · muggings · aggression · brutality · boots · victims · injuries
marching
Rhythmic group walking
- ralliesGathers or recovers
- demonstrationsPublic displays of opinion
- bootsAnkle-covering footwear
streets · solidarity · activism · pavement · crowds · chanting · resistance · movements · dissent · gatherings
thrashings
Severe beatings or defeats
- drubbingsOverwhelming defeats or beatings
- beatingsStrikes delivered repeatedly
- trouncingOverwhelming defeat
crushing · demolishing · overwhelming · victories · blowouts · routs · shellackings · walloping · domination · humiliation
stompingstiptoes
Walks on foot-fronts
tiptoeing · padding · treading lightly · creeping · gliding
- stomping groundsFamiliar frequented territory
- old stomping grounds
- foot stompingPercussive lower-limb action
- grape stompingFoot-pressing wine fruit
- curb stompingLethal street violence act