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tramping

American  
[tram-ping] / ˈtræm pɪŋ /

noun

  1. hiking, especially on trails having huts at regular intervals for hikers to use overnight.


Etymology

Origin of tramping

First recorded in 1810–20; tramp + -ing 1

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Only in the past couple of years, Sansom explained, did watchful staff members start swooping in to “borrow” Bamberger’s chain saw whenever they caught him tramping around the property with one.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 4, 2026

But now the hordes of tourists disgorged by the railway every few minutes are taking their toll, tramping across the pastures towards the lake and crushing the flowers.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2024

By all accounts, she was happiest tramping through the mud in Scotland, where she hung out in Balmoral but also drove her own Land Rover until fairly recently.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2022

Pack on his back, yellow slicker shedding raindrops, tramping through the woods in the North Bend/Snoqualmie area in the documentary “Hunting Bigfoot.”

From Seattle Times Aug. 18, 2021

I've been tramping around Arizona for about a month now.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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