Yomp
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /jÉ’mp/
Origin
1980s British military slang. Unknown origin.
Full definition of yomp
Noun
yomp
(plural yomps)- (Royal Marines military slang) A long-distance march carrying full kit.
Verb
- To make a strenuous long-distance march.
- 1989, Derek Oakley, The Falklands Military Machine‎, page 155Whilst 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.
- 2001, Peter F. Hamilton, "The Suspect Genome", part 2She 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."
- 2006, Tim Moore, Travels with My Donkey‎, page 133He 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
Synonyms
- (to make a march) trek