Definition of Tramp
Verb: tramp tramp
- (sport) travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition
"We went tramping about the state of Colorado"
- Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
"Mules tramped in a circle around a grindstone";
- slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad, tromp [N. Amer]
- Cross on foot
"We had to tramp the creeks"
- Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
"They tramped from town to town";
- roll, wander, swan, stray, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
- A disreputable vagrant
"a homeless tramp";
- hobo [N. Amer], bum [N. Amer], bindlestiff [US]
- A person who engages freely in promiscuous sex
- swinger
- A foot traveller; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)
- hiker, tramper
- A heavy footfall
"the tramp of military boots"
- A commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule
- tramp steamer
- A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
"she enjoys a tramp in her spare time";
- hike, hiking, bushwalking [Austral, NZ]
See also:
tramontanes
tramped
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