klomp

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UK/klɒmp/US/klɑmp/

noun

A Dutch wooden clog.

OriginDutch klomp →
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Meanings

nounklomp (plural klomps or klompen)

plural klomps · plural klompen

  1. A Dutch wooden clog.

    Elisha could have saved his ox-yokes and made a farewell feast out of his shoes, had he been a Dutchman. The cast-off klomps of Holland must, in the course of a year, form a considerable addition to the stock of fuel.

    1900, William Elliot Griffis, The American in Holland
verbklomp (third-person singular simple present klomps, present participle klomping, simple past and past participle klomped)

present singular third person klomps · participle present klomping · participle past klomped · past klomped

  1. alternativeAlternative form of clomp (“to walk heavily or clumsily”).

Origin

  1. Dutchklomp
  2. Englishklomp

Borrowed from Dutch klomp. Doublet of clump.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with klomp

compswampstompromppompchompwhompglompclompyomp
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Cite this entry
APA

klomp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/klomp

MLA

“klomp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/klomp. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “klomp,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/klomp.

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