yomping

Meanings

1. 1verbintransitiveBritishmilitaryslang

   Walking a long distance over rough ground while carrying heavy gear.

   Grammar: No object; often used in the -ing form. The base form is yomp: They yomped for hours.

   Patterns

   • yomp across something
   • yomp for hours
   • go yomping

   The soldiers spent the day yomping across the hills with full packs.

   We were yomping for six hours before we reached the camp.

   He enjoys yomping in the mountains, even in bad weather.

2. 2nouncountableBritishmilitaryslang

   A long, hard walk carrying heavy equipment, especially by soldiers.

   Grammar: Countable: a yomp, two yomps.

   Patterns

   • go on a yomp
   • a ten-mile yomp

   They went on a ten-mile yomp before breakfast.

   The training included a yomp over the moors with heavy bags.

Word forms

Common combinations

go yomping

They like to go yomping in the hills on weekends.

yomp across the hills

The recruits yomped across the hills in full kit.

a long yomp

After a long yomp, everyone was ready to rest.

Synonyms and how they differ

hiking

General and neutral; it does not suggest military training or carrying heavy gear.

trekking

Suggests a long, tiring walk, often in the countryside, but without the military meaning.

Word family

yomp verb

To walk far with heavy equipment, especially as a soldier.

Commonly confused: yomping or yanking? yomping or jumping?

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