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yomp en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /jɑmp/ (General-American)
  • /jɒmp/ (UK)

Etymology

1980s British military slang. Unknown origin.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:Royal Marines military slang) A long-distance march carrying full kit.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
yomps Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (5)

fr marche forcée (long-distance march) · ru марш-бросок (long-distance march) · fi täbärimarssi (long-distance march) · pl marsz z ciężkim sprzętem (long-distance march) · fr crapahutage (long-distance march)

yomp en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /jɑmp/ (General-American)
  • /jɒmp/ (UK)

Etymology

1980s British military slang. Unknown origin.

Meanings

  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:
    • 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:
    • 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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
yomps Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
yomping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
yomped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
yomped Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

trek (to make a march)

Translations (3)

pl maszerować z ciężkim sprzętem (to make a strenuous long-distance march) · fr crapahuter (to make a strenuous long-distance march) · fr avancer à marches forcées (to make a strenuous long-distance march)