On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:14:47 +0900
oota <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 07:57:32PM -0500, D. Michael McIntyre wrote:
> > On Tuesday 19 January 2010, oota wrote:
> > ...
>
> > > Stamp = Stamping tube?
> >
> > To raise your foot and then lower it to the floor sharply, making a
> > loud sound.
>
> My dictionary says "standstill" ok?
That sounds passive to me - it seems to imply standing still. No
action or noise is occurring. A synonym of stamp is stomp. Here's the
'dict' output:
$ dict stomp
3 definitions found
>From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
[gcide]:
Stomp \Stomp\, v. i. [See {Stamp}.]
To stamp with the foot. [Colloq.] "In gallant procession, the
priests mean to stomp." --R. Browning.
[1913 Webster]
>From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
stomp
n : a dance involving a rhythmical stamping step
v : walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow in their
heavy boots" [syn: {stamp}, {stump}]
>From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "stomp":
amble, barge, bowl along, bundle, clop, clump, drag, drub, flounce,
foot, footslog, halt, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hop, jog, jolt,
jump, limp, lumber, lunge, lurch, mince, pace, paddle, peg, piaffe,
piaffer, plod, prance, rack, roll, sashay, saunter, scuff, scuffle,
scuttle, shamble, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, skip, slink,
slither, slog, slouch, stagger, stalk, stamp, straddle, straggle,
stride, stroll, strut, stump, swagger, swing, tittup, toddle,
totter, traipse, tramp, trample, tread, trip, trudge, waddle,
wamble, wiggle, wobble
I don't know if this helps much. BTW, here are a couple relevant
definitions from "dict stamp":
1. To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the
foot, or by thrusting the foot downward. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
2. To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor;
as, he stamped his foot with rage.
[1913 Webster]
...
2. To strike the foot forcibly downward.
Jim
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