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

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