Usage Note: Stomp and stamp are interchangeable in the sense "to trample" or "to tread on violently": - stomped (or stamped) to death;
- stomping (or stamping) horses.
Only stamp is used with out to mean "to eliminate": - stamp out a fire;
- stamp out poverty.
Stamp is also standard in the sense "to strike the ground with the foot, as in anger or frustration," [to bring the foot down quickly] as in He stamped his foot and began to cry. In an earlier survey the use of stomp in this example was rejected by a large majority of the Usage Panel. |
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