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   tramp

   /tramp/

   verb

   • 1. walk heavily or noisily: "he tramped about the room" Similar trudgeplodstamptramplelumberclumpclompstumpstompstumblepadmarchthundersprauchleinformal:traipsegalumph
   • ▪ walk over a long distance wearily or reluctantly: "he had tramped all over the city" Similar trektrudgeslogfootslogploddrag oneselfwalkramblehikemarchroamrangerovebackpackinformal:traipsehoof ittake Shanks's ponyyompleg it
   • ▪ walk for long distances in rough country for recreation: "it had been ages since I had tramped with a whole pack"
   • ▪ tread or stamp on: "one of the few wines still tramped by foot" Similar trampletread onstep onstamp onsquashcrushflattenpulp

   noun

   • 1. a person who travels from place to place on foot in search of work or as a vagrant or beggar. Similar vagrantvagabondhomeless personderelictdown-and-outitineranttravellerdrifterwandererperson of no fixed addressbeachcomberne'er do wellgood for nothingoutcastpariahbeggarmendicanthobobumbagmansundownerswagmanstreetyinformal:crustybag ladydosserderro
   • 2. the sound of heavy steps: "the tramp of marching feet" Similar footstepstepfootfalltreadstampstompstomping
   • 3. a long walk, typically a tiring one: "she was freshly returned from a tramp round Norwich" Similar trektrudgesloghikemarchwalkconstitutionalrambleroamwanderinformal:traipseyomp
   • ▪ a long-distance recreational walk in rough country: New Zealand "this is perhaps the most popular tramp in Canterbury"
   • 4. a cargo vessel that carries goods between many different ports rather than sailing a fixed route: "a tramp steamer"
   • 5. a woman who has many casual sexual encounters or relationships. informal, derogatory North American Similar informal, derogatory:hussytarthoochiedated:scarlet womanloose womanfallen womantrollopstrumpetfloozyarchaic:wanton
   • 6. a metal plate protecting the sole of a boot used for digging.
   • ▪ the top of the blade of a spade.

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a verb): probably of Low German origin. The noun dates from the mid 17th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. trampish adjective

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