yomp
1980s British military slang. unk en origin. Pronunciation
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1980s British military slang. unk en origin. Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /jɒmp/
yomp (plural yomps)
- (Royal Marines military slang) A long-distance march carrying full kit.
- French: crapahutage, marche forcée
- Russian: марш-бросок
yomp (yomps, present participle yomping; past and past participle yomped)
- To make a strenuous long-distance march.
- 1989, Derek Oakley, The Falklands Military Machine, page 155
- Whilst 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 2
- She 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 133
- He 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
- 1989, Derek Oakley, The Falklands Military Machine, page 155
- (to make a march) trek
- French: crapahuter, avancer à marches forcées
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