trépigner
Meanings
Verb
1. to stamp or shuffle one's feet (usually of horses or humans) (intransitive)
2. to wait nervously or angrily (intransitive, figurative, figuratively)
3. to trample (transitive)
4. to severely criticize, to speak badly of (transitive, figurative, figuratively)
5. to beat up (transitive, slang, dated)
Examples1
Les pilotes sont sur la ligne de départ et trépignent d'impatience !
The drivers are at the starting line and raring to go!