trampling

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

trampling
    n 1: the sound of heavy treading or stomping; "he heard the
         trample of many feet" [syn: {trample}, {trampling}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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