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tramp

  [tramp]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to tread or walk with a firm, heavy, resounding step.
2. to tread heavily or trample (usually fol. by on or upon): to tramp on a person's toes.
3. to walk steadily; march; trudge.
4. to go on a walking excursion or expedition; hike.
5. to go about as a vagabond or tramp.
6. to make a voyage on a tramp steamer.
–verb (used with object)
7. to tramp or walk heavily or steadily through or over.
8. to traverse on foot: to tramp the streets.
9. to tread or trample underfoot: to tramp grapes.
10. to travel over as a tramp.
11. to run (a ship) as a tramp steamer.
–noun
12. the act of tramping.
13. a firm, heavy, resounding tread.
14. the sound made by such a tread.
15. a long, steady walk; trudge.
16. a walking excursion or expedition; hike.
17. a person who travels on foot from place to place, esp. a vagabond living on occasional jobs or gifts of money or food.
18. a sexually promiscuous woman; prostitute.
19. a freight vessel that does not run regularly between fixed ports, but takes a cargo wherever shippers desire. Compare cargo liner.
20. a piece of iron affixed to the sole of a shoe.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME trampen to stamp; c. LG trampen; akin to Goth ana-trimpan to press hard upon. See traipse, trample

Related forms:
tramper, noun
trampish, adjective
tramp⋅ish⋅ly, adverb
tramp⋅ish⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
17. vagrant, bum, hobo.
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tramp   (trāmp)   
v.   tramped, tramp·ing, tramps

v.   intr.

  1. To walk with a firm, heavy step; trudge.

    1. To travel on foot; hike.

    2. To wander about aimlessly.

v.   tr.

  1. To traverse on foot: tramp the fields.

  2. To tread down; trample: tramp down snow.

n.  

    1. A heavy footfall.

    2. The sound produced by heavy walking or marching.

    3. A prostitute.

    4. A person regarded as promiscuous.

  2. A walking trip; a hike.

  3. One who travels aimlessly about on foot, doing odd jobs or begging for a living; a vagrant.

    1. A prostitute.

    2. A person regarded as promiscuous.

  5. Nautical A tramp steamer.

  6. A metal plate attached to the sole of a shoe for protection, as when spading ground.


[Middle English trampen, to walk heavily, from Middle Low German.]
tramp'er n., tramp'ish adj., tramp'y adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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