Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of trample
plural tramplings
- countableuncountableThe act of trampling someone or something, an instance of trampling.
The awfulest thing was the silence; there wasn't a sound but the screaking of the saddles, the measured tramplings, and the sneezing of the horses, afflicted by the smothering dust-clouds which they kicked up.
1895 October, Louis de Conte, translated by [Jean François Alden] [pseudonyms; Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)], “Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc. […]”, in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, volume XCI, number DXLV, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →ISSN, [book I], part II, chapter XVI, page 746, column 1Synonyms: calcation
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of trampling someone or something, an instance of trampling.
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Translations
Māori takahanga
- takahangathe act of stamping, stomping or tramping on something
Spanish pisoteando
- pisoteandothe act of stamping, stomping or tramping on something
Cite this entry
trampling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trampling
“trampling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trampling. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trampling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trampling.
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