Tramp (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb (used without object)
  1. to tread or walk with a firm, heavy, resounding step.
  2. to tread heavily or trample (usually followed by on or upon): to tramp on a person's toes.
  3. to walk steadily; march; trudge: They tramped wearily through the night.
  4. to go on a walking excursion or expedition; hike: a beautiful day for tramping through the countryside.
  5. to go about as a vagabond or tramp.
  6. to make a voyage on a tramp steamer.
verb (used with object)
  1. to tramp or walk heavily or steadily through or over.
  2. to traverse on foot: to tramp the streets.
  3. to tread or trample underfoot: to tramp grapes.
  4. to travel over as a tramp.
  5. to run (a ship) as a tramp steamer.
noun
  1. the act of tramping.
  2. a firm, heavy, resounding tread.
  3. the sound made by such a tread.
  4. a long, steady walk; trudge.
  5. a walking excursion or expedition; hike.
  6. a person who travels on foot from place to place, especially a vagabond living on occasional jobs or gifts of money or food.
  7. a sexually promiscuous woman; prostitute.
  8. a freight vessel that does not run regularly between fixed ports, but takes a cargo wherever shippers desire.
  9. a piece of iron affixed to the sole of a shoe.
noun
  1. a trampoline: We learned some wicked pivots on the tramp today.
verb (used without object)
  1. to use a trampoline, especially with a tramp board: These are the boards preferred by professional water skiers who tramp as part of their training.
verb
  1. to walk long and far; hike
  2. to walk heavily or firmly across or through (a place); march or trudge
  3. to wander about as a vagabond or tramp
  4. to make (a journey) or traverse (a place) on foot, esp laboriously or wearily
  5. to tread or trample
  6. to walk for sport or recreation, esp in the bush
noun
  1. a person who travels about on foot, usually with no permanent home, living by begging or doing casual work
  2. a long hard walk; hike
  3. a heavy or rhythmic step or tread
  4. the sound of heavy treading
  5. a merchant ship that does not run between ports on a regular schedule but carries cargo wherever the shippers desire
  6. a prostitute or promiscuous girl or woman
  7. an iron plate on the sole of a boot
Tramp (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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