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tramp
1[ tramp ]
verb (used without object)
- to tread or walk with a firm, heavy, resounding step.
- to tread heavily or trample (usually followed by on or upon ):
to tramp on a person's toes.
- to walk steadily; march; trudge:
They tramped wearily through the night.
- to go on a walking excursion or expedition; hike:
a beautiful day for tramping through the countryside.
- to go about as a vagabond or tramp.
- to make a voyage on a tramp steamer.
verb (used with object)
- to tramp or walk heavily or steadily through or over.
- to traverse on foot:
to tramp the streets.
- to tread or trample underfoot:
to tramp grapes.
- to travel over as a tramp.
- to run (a ship) as a tramp steamer.
noun
- the act of tramping.
- a firm, heavy, resounding tread.
- the sound made by such a tread.
- a long, steady walk; trudge.
- a walking excursion or expedition; hike.
- a person who travels on foot from place to place, especially a vagabond living on occasional jobs or gifts of money or food.
- a sexually promiscuous woman; prostitute.
- a freight vessel that does not run regularly between fixed ports, but takes a cargo wherever shippers desire. Compare cargo liner ( def ).
- a piece of iron affixed to the sole of a shoe.
tramp
2[ tramp ]
noun
- a trampoline:
We learned some wicked pivots on the tramp today.
verb (used without object)
- 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.
tramp
/ træmp /
verb
- intr to walk long and far; hike
- to walk heavily or firmly across or through (a place); march or trudge
- intr to wander about as a vagabond or tramp
- tr to make (a journey) or traverse (a place) on foot, esp laboriously or wearily
to tramp the streets in search of work
- tr to tread or trample
- intr to walk for sport or recreation, esp in the bush
noun
- a person who travels about on foot, usually with no permanent home, living by begging or doing casual work
- a long hard walk; hike
- a heavy or rhythmic step or tread
- the sound of heavy treading
- Also calledtramp steamer a merchant ship that does not run between ports on a regular schedule but carries cargo wherever the shippers desire
- slang.a prostitute or promiscuous girl or woman
- an iron plate on the sole of a boot
Derived Forms
- ˈtrampish, adjective
- ˈtramping, noun
Other Words From
- tramper noun
- trampish adjective
- trampish·ly adverb
- trampish·ness noun
- un·tramped adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of tramp1
Origin of tramp2
Word History and Origins
Origin of tramp1
Example Sentences
She’s also the world’s most impeccably purposeful walking contradiction, having developed her iconic look after being inspired by the town tramp.
Where once he satirized the meretricious appeal of Hollywood, movie stars and reality TV, here he’s hunkered down with homeless workers, railway tramps and union organizers.
“We went on to Tramp…He was the most hideous dancer I had ever seen,” she tells the Mail.
Lester is a strange little man alone in a cabin, not far from The Tramp locked in his cabin in The Gold Rush.
As for the Little Tramp himself, his corpse was reburied in a concrete grave to prevent future snatching.
Still, if you want to know what it felt like to be at the center of a musical revolution, read I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp.
The only evidence of Nino the clown—the red rubber nose and its Little Tramp mustache—lies on a nearby table.
The 'Tramp' contains better usage without doubt, but it lacks the "color" which gives the Innocents its perennial charm.
A Tramp Abroad' is a rare book, but it cannot rank with its great predecessor in human charm.
The Tramp contains better English usage, without doubt, but it is less full of happiness and bloom and the halo of romance.
There have been many and varying opinions since then as to the literary merits of 'A Tramp Abroad'.
A Tramp Abroad' is the work of a man who was traveling and observing for the purpose of writing a book, and for no other reason.
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