yomp

A long-distance march carrying full kit.

Noun

  1. A long-distance march carrying full kit.

Origin

1980s British military slang. Unknown origin.

Forms

yomps

Verb

  1. To make a strenuous long-distance march.
    • 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. - 1989, Derek Oakley, The...
    • 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." - 2001, Peter F....
    • 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 - 2006, Tim Moore, Travels with My Donkey, page 133:

Forms

yomps yomping yomped

Synonyms

trek