About The Word Tramp
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Tramp Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Tramp?
[n] a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
[n] a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule [n] a heavy footfall; "the tramp of military boots" [n] a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure) [n] a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex [n] a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums" [v] move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "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" [v] cross on foot; "We had to tramp the creeks" [v] travel on on foot, esp. on a walking expedition; "We went tramping about the state of Colorado" [v] walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle around a gin" D.H. Lawrence Synonyms | Synonyms for Tramp: bum | cast | drift | footslog | hike | hiker | hobo | pad | plod | ramble | range | roam | rove | slog | stray | swan | swinger | tramp steamer | tramper | trudge | vagabond | wander Related Terms | Find terms related to Tramp: See Also | backpacker | cover | cross | cut across | cut through | debauchee | dosser | drifter | floater | footer | footfall | footstep | gad | gallivant | get across | get over | go | hike | jazz around | libertine | locomote | maunder | move | packer | pass over | pedestrian | rounder | slop | slosh | splash | splosh | squelch | squish | steamer | steamship | step | street person | track | travel | traverse | trudge | vagrant | walk | walk | walker Tramp In Webster's Dictionary \Tramp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tramped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tramping}.] [OE. trampen; akin to LG. trampen, G. trampeln,
LG. & D. trappen, Dan. trampe, Sw. & Icel. trampa, Goth.
anatrimpan to press upon; also to D. trap a step, G. treppe
steps, stairs. Cf. {Trap} a kind of rock, {Trape}, {Trip}, v.
i., {Tread}.]
1. To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
2. To travel or wander through; as, to tramp the country.
[Colloq.]
3. To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
[Scot.] --Jamieson.
\Tramp\, v. i. To travel; to wander; to stroll. \Tramp\, n. 1. A foot journey or excursion; as, to go on a tramp; a long tramp. --Blackie. 2. A foot traveler; a tramper; often used in a bad sense for a vagrant or wandering vagabond. --Halliwell. 3. The sound of the foot, or of feet, on the earth, as in marching. --Sir W. Scott. 4. A tool for trimming hedges. 5. A plate of iron worn to protect the sole of the foot, or the shoe, when digging with a spade. |
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