clomp
/klɒmp
/verb [no object, with adverbial of direction]
Walk with a heavy tread: she clomped down the steps...
- I heard someone walk into the stable, boots clomping.
- On his arm was the bag of sugar and the horse walked toward him, his big hooves clomping on the stable floor.
- Hank came into the house without knocking, and came clomping down the steps.
noun [in singular]
The sound of a heavy tread: the clomp of booted feet...
- And the steady clomp of the horse's hooves must be ringing in their ears.
- She wasn't sure when he was going to stop talking, though he did when he heard the clomp of his father's boots going down the hall.
- To that end, the game features distinctive sounds for each weapon, along with other ambient noises, such as the crunch of snow or the clomp of boots.
Origin
Early 19th century: imitative; compare with clump.