yomp

plural yomps

1. Royal Marines military slangA long-distance march carrying full kit.

present singular third person yomps · participle present yomping · participle past yomped · past yomped

1. To make a strenuous long-distance march.

   He was French, and spoke in damning terms of the 'contre-la-montre' walkers who yomped in before lunch-time and yomped out again before dawn

   2006, Tim Moore, Travels with My Donkey, page 133

   2 more examples

   Whilst 3 Para and 45 Commando yomped across East Falkland, accompanied by the two Troops of Blues and Royals, 42 Commando were helicoptered forward to Mount Kent and 2 Para to Bluff Cove.

   1989, Derek Oakley, The Falklands Military Machine, page 155

   She gestured out of the window wall. "Unless it was a real professional who yomped in over the fields, the only way to get here is to drive through the village. And believe me, that's not so easy."

   2001, Peter F. Hamilton, The Suspect Genome, part 2

   Synonyms: trek