What does "tromp" mean?

An apparatus in which air, drawn into the upper part of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it is led to a furnace or gathers to generate compressed air.

What is a synonym for "tromp"?

Common synonyms include: clobber, clobber, decimate, march, march, rout.

Tromp

//tɹɒmp// name, noun, verb, slang

name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1
An apparatus in which air, drawn into the upper part of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it is led to a furnace or gathers to generate compressed air.

Verb

1
To tread heavily, especially to crush underfoot. US, ambitransitive
"Mother yelled at my brothers for tromping through her flowerbed."
2
To utterly defeat an opponent. informal
"The team had been tromped by their cross-town rivals, and the players were embarrassed to show their faces in school the next day."