comp stomp

UK/ˈkɒmp ˌstɒmp/US/ˈkɑmp ˌstɑmp/

noun

A cooperative game format typical to competitive player-versus-player video games, such as real-time strategy games, where a number of human players instead team up against one or more computer-controlled opponents.

Meanings

nouncomp stomp (plural comp stomps)

plural comp stomps · alternative comp-stomp

  1. slangvideo gamesA cooperative game format typical to competitive player-versus-player video games, such as real-time strategy games, where a number of human players instead team up against one or more computer-controlled opponents.

    A PvE mode playable solo or in three-player co-op, [Homeworld 3's 'War Games'] puts a light rogue-lite spin on the traditional co-operative 'comp stomp' format, and plays out quickly enough for a session to be done in under an hour[...]

    2023 December 28, Dominic Tarason, “Homeworld 3: The space RTS aims to please with its War Games mode”, in PC PowerPlay, number 300, page 48
verbcomp stomp (third-person singular simple present comp stomps, present participle comp stomping, simple past and past participle comp stomped)

present singular third person comp stomps · participle present comp stomping · participle past comp stomped · past comp stomped · alternative comp-stomp

  1. slangvideo gamesTo engage in a comp stomp; to compete against a number of computer-controlled opponents.

Origin

Rhyming compound of comp (“computer; i.e computer-controlled opponent”) + stomp (“extremely uneven victory”), from the tendency of such games to be played casually for entertainment.

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APA

comp stomp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comp%20stomp

MLA

“comp stomp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comp%20stomp. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “comp stomp,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comp%20stomp.

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