tramp

[ tramp ]

/ træmp /

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verb (used without object)

to tread or walk with a firm, heavy, resounding step.

to tread heavily or trample (usually followed by on or upon): to tramp on a person's toes.

to walk steadily; march; trudge.

to go on a walking excursion or expedition; hike.

to go about as a vagabond or tramp.

to make a voyage on a tramp steamer.

verb (used with object)

to tramp or walk heavily or steadily through or over.

to traverse on foot: to tramp the streets.

to tread or trample underfoot: to tramp grapes.

to travel over as a tramp.

to run (a ship) as a tramp steamer.

noun

the act of tramping.

a firm, heavy, resounding tread.

the sound made by such a tread.

a long, steady walk; trudge.

a walking excursion or expedition; hike.

a person who travels on foot from place to place, especially a vagabond living on occasional jobs or gifts of money or food.

a sexually promiscuous woman; prostitute.

a freight vessel that does not run regularly between fixed ports, but takes a cargo wherever shippers desire. Compare cargo liner.

a piece of iron affixed to the sole of a shoe.

Origin of tramp

1350–1400; Middle English trampen to stamp; cognate with Low German trampen; akin to Gothic ana-trimpan to press hard upon. See traipse, trample

SYNONYMS FOR tramp

17 vagrant, bum, hobo.

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OTHER WORDS FROM tramp

tramp·er, noun tramp·ish, adjective tramp·ish·ly, adverb tramp·ish·ness, noun

un·tramped, adjective

Words nearby tramp

trammel, trammel net, trammie, tramontana, tramontane, tramp, tramp art, tramp stamp, tramp steamer, tramper, tramping

Example sentences from the Web for tramp

“We went on to Tramp…He was the most hideous dancer I had ever seen,” she tells the Mail.

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Lester is a strange little man alone in a cabin, not far from The Tramp locked in his cabin in The Gold Rush.

James Franco: How Cormac McCarthy Changed My Life |James Franco |July 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
When he was in Europe writing the book A Tramp Abroad, the man most of us know as Mark Twain was missing home dearly.

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One fact, however, was distinct in his mind—Peterkin had struck her a terrible blow in the Tramp House.

Gretchen |Mary J. Holmes

It was full of words he did not understand, for the only vehicle of emotion the Tramp possessed was blasphemy.

The Wonderful Visit |Herbert George Wells
“Tramp nothing,” declared Nat boldly, as he made his way softly to the front door.

Dorothy Dale's Great Secret |Margaret Penrose
But the grimy young stagehand, halting in front of me with an armful of the Tramp Juggler's playthings, cut his sentence in two.

Jane Journeys On |Ruth Comfort Mitchell
His appearance was not impressive, not very unlike the representation of him in the various pictures in his 'Tramp Abroad'.

Mark Twain |Archibald Henderson

British Dictionary definitions for tramp

tramp

/ (træmp) /

verb

(intr) to walk long and far; hike

to walk heavily or firmly across or through (a place); march or trudge

(intr) to wander about as a vagabond or tramp

(tr) to make (a journey) or traverse (a place) on foot, esp laboriously or wearily to tramp the streets in search of work

(tr) to tread or trample

(intr) NZ to walk for sport or recreation, esp in the bush

noun

a person who travels about on foot, usually with no permanent home, living by begging or doing casual work

a long hard walk; hike

a heavy or rhythmic step or tread

the sound of heavy treading

Also called: tramp steamer a merchant ship that does not run between ports on a regular schedule but carries cargo wherever the shippers desire

slang, mainly US and Canadian a prostitute or promiscuous girl or woman

an iron plate on the sole of a boot

Derived forms of tramp

tramping, noun trampish, adjective

Word Origin for tramp

C14: probably from Middle Low German trampen; compare Gothic ana-trimpan to press heavily upon, German trampen to hitchhike

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