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Tramp

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Noun

1. bum, hobo, tramp

a disreputable vagrant

Example Sentences:
'a homeless tramp'
'he tried to help the really down-and-out bums'

2. swinger, tramp

a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex

3. hiker, tramp, tramper

a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)

4. tramp

a heavy footfall

Example Sentences:
'the tramp of military boots'

5. tramp, tramp steamer

a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule

6. hike, hiking, tramp

a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure

Example Sentences:
'she enjoys a hike in her spare time'

Verb

7. tramp

travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition

Example Sentences:
'We went tramping about the state of Colorado'

8. footslog, pad, plod, slog, tramp, trudge

walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

Example Sentences:
'Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone'

9. tramp

cross on foot

Example Sentences:
'We had to tramp the creeks'

10. cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander

move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

Example Sentences:
'The gypsies roamed the woods'
'roving vagabonds'
'the wandering Jew'
'The cattle roam across the prairie'
'the laborers drift from one town to the next'
'They rolled from town to town'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tramp

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verb
1. (intransitive)
to walk long and far; hike
2. 
to walk heavily or firmly across or through (a place); march or trudge
3. (intransitive)
to wander about as a vagabond or tramp
4. (transitive)
to make (a journey) or traverse (a place) on foot, esp laboriously or wearily
to tramp the streets in search of work
5. (transitive)
to tread or trample
6. (intransitive) New Zealand
to walk for sport or recreation, esp in the bush
noun
7. 
a person who travels about on foot, usually with no permanent home, living by begging or doing casual work
8. 
a long hard walk; hike
9. 
a heavy or rhythmic step or tread
10. 
the sound of heavy treading
11. Also called: tramp steamer
a merchant ship that does not run between ports on a regular schedule but carries cargo wherever the shippers desire
12. derogatory, slang, mainly US and Canadian
a prostitute or promiscuous girl or woman
13. 
an iron plate on the sole of a boot

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Tramp

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verb intransitive
1. 
a. 
to walk with heavy steps
b. 
to step heavily; stamp
to tramp on someone's foot
2. 
a. 
to travel about on foot; trudge; hike
b. 
to travel as or like a vagabond, hobo, etc.
verb transitive
3. 
to step on firmly and heavily; trample
4. 
to walk or ramble through
noun
5. 
a person who travels about on foot, esp. one doing odd jobs or begging for a living; hobo; vagrant
6. 
the sound of heavy steps, as of people marching
7. 
the act of tramping; esp., a journey on foot; hike
8. 
a freight ship that has no regular schedule, arranging for cargo, passengers, and ports of call as it goes along
9. 
an iron plate on the sole of a shoe to protect it, to prevent slipping, etc.
10.  Slang
a woman who is sexually promiscuous

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Tramp

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v. tramped, tramp·ing, tramps
v.intr.
1. To walk with a firm, heavy step; trudge.
2.
a. To travel on foot; hike.
b. To wander about aimlessly.
v.tr.
1. To traverse on foot: tramp the fields.
2. To tread down; trample: tramp down snow.
n.
1.
a. A heavy footfall.
b. The sound produced by heavy walking or marching.
2. A walking trip; a hike.
3. One who travels aimlessly about on foot, doing odd jobs or begging for a living; a vagrant.
4.
a. A prostitute.
b. A person regarded as promiscuous.
5. Nautical A tramp steamer.
6. A metal plate attached to the sole of a shoe for protection, as when spading ground.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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