From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
trampling
n : the sound of heavy treading or stomping; "he heard the
trample of many feet" [syn: trample]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Trample \Tram"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trampled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Trampling.] [OE. trampelen, freq. of trampen. See
Tramp, v. t.]
1. To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by
treading; as, to trample grass or flowers. --Dryden.
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Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they
trample them under their feet. --Matt. vii.
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2. Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult. --Cowper.
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