clomp means the sound of feet hitting the ground loudly.
clomp is pronounced /klɒmp/.
Etymology
Probably onomatopoeic or a variant of clump (“walk heavily and clumsily”), itself also onomatopoeic or perhaps from the notion of walking in clumps, from Dutch klomp (“clump, mass, wooden shoe”).
noun
- The sound of feet hitting the ground loudly.“There was just a pause in the clomps, then Bill's boots went on toward the house.”
verb
- To walk heavily or clumsily, as with clogs.“[…] so having smoothed my hair as well as I could, and repeatedly twitched my obdurate collar, I proceeded to clomp down the two flights of stairs, philosophizing as I went; […]”
- To make some object hit something, thereby producing a clomping sound.“When Sarah pointed at the door, Thea took a few steps toward it, clomping her feet with each stride.”