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Definition of 'Tramp'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) tramp
to tread or walk with a firm, heavy step.

2.  tramp
to tread heavily or trample (usu. fol. by on or upon).

3.  tramp
to walk steadily; march; trudge.

4.  tramp
to go on a walking excursion; hike.

5.  tramp
to go about as a vagabond or tramp.

6.  tramp
to make a voyage on a tramp steamer.

7. (v.t.) tramp
to walk heavily or steadily through or over.

8.  tramp
to traverse on foot:
to tramp the streets.

9.  tramp
to tread or trample underfoot:
to tramp grapes.

10.  tramp
to travel over as a tramp.

11. (n.) tramp
the act of tramping.

12.  tramp
a firm, heavy, resounding tread.

13.  tramp
the sound made by such a tread.

14.  tramp
a long, steady walk; trudge; hike.

15.  tramp
a person who travels about on foot, esp. a vagabond living on occasional jobs or gifts of money or food.

16.  tramp
a sexually promiscuous woman.

17.  tramp
a freight vessel that does not run regularly between fixed ports, but takes a cargo wherever shippers desire.

18.  tramp
a piece of iron affixed to the sole of a shoe.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME: to stamp, prob. < MLG trampen to tramp, tread; akin to Go anatrimpan to crowd)

Definition of 'Tramp'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) tramp, hobo, bum
a disreputable vagrant
"a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"

2. (noun) swinger, tramp
a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex

3. (noun) hiker, tramp, tramper
a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)

4. (noun) tramp
a heavy footfall
"the tramp of military boots"

5. (noun) tramp steamer, tramp
a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule

6. (verb) hike, hiking, tramp
a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
"she enjoys a hike in her spare time"

7. (verb) tramp
travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition
"We went tramping about the state of Colorado"

8. (verb) slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad, tramp
walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
"Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"

9. (verb) tramp
cross on foot
"We had to tramp the creeks"

10. (verb) roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
"The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"

Definition of 'Tramp'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Tramp
a foot journey or excursion; as, to go on a tramp; a long tramp

2. (noun) Tramp
a foot traveler; a tramper; often used in a bad sense for a vagrant or wandering vagabond

3. (noun) Tramp
the sound of the foot, or of feet, on the earth, as in marching

4. (noun) Tramp
a tool for trimming hedges

5. (noun) Tramp
a plate of iron worn to protect the sole of the foot, or the shoe, when digging with a spade

6. (verb) Tramp
to tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample

7. (verb) Tramp
to travel or wander through; as, to tramp the country

8. (verb) Tramp
to cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water

9. (verb) Tramp
to travel; to wander; to stroll

Translation of 'Tramp'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to walk with heavy footsteps He tramped up the stairs.
Afrikaans: hard loop	Arabic: يَمْشي مُتَثاقِلا	Bulgarian: крача тежко
Brazilian: pisar forte	Czech: dupat	German: trampeln
Danish: trampe	Greek: περπατώ βαριά	Spanish: caminar pesadamente/con p
Estonian: kõmpima	Farsi: سنگین راه رفتن	Finnish: tömistää
French: marcherà pas lourds	Hebrew: לִצעוֹד בִּכבֵדוּת	Hindi: धब-धब करते हुए चलना
Croatian: teško hodati, ići teškim	Hungarian: dübörög	Indonesian: berjalan dengan berat
Icelandic: þramma	Italian: camminare (con passo pesa	Japanese: どしんどしんと歩く
Korean: 쿵쿵 하며 걷다	Lithuanian: sunkiai eiti, plumpinti	Latvian: smagi iet; slāt
Malay: berjalan berdetap-detup	Dutch: stampen	Norwegian: trampe
Polish: stąpać ciężkimi krokami	Persian: سنگین راه رفتن	Pashto: دروند په لاره تلل
Portuguese: pisar forte	Romanian: a tropăi; a bocăni	Russian: громко топать
Slovak: dupať	Slovenian: copotati	Serbian: tabanati
Swedish: trampa, klampa	Thai: เดินหรือย่ำเสียงตึงตัง	Turkish: ağır adımlarla yürümek
Taiwanese: 用沉重的腳步走	Ukrainian: гупати, тупати	Urdu: بھاري قدم سے چلنا
Vietnamese: đi bộ	Chinese: 用沉重的步子走
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