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tramp

UK/ˈtɹamp/ US/ˈtɹæmp/ fairly common
verb (4) noun (6)

verb

1.

travel on on foot, especially on a walking expedition

  • “We went tramping about the state of Colorado”
2.

walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

  • “Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone”
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3.

cross on foot

  • “We had to tramp the creeks”
4.

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”
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noun

1.

a disreputable vagrant

  • “a homeless tramp”
  • “he tried to help the really down-and-out bums”
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2.

a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex

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3.

a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)

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4.

a heavy footfall

  • “the tramp of military boots”
5.

a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule

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6.

a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure

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Origin

From Middle English trampen (“to walk heavily”), from Middle Low German trampen (“to stamp”) (trampeln (“to walk with heavy steps”), see trample) or from Middle Dutch trampen (“to stamp”), from Proto-West Germanic *trampan (“to step”). Doublet of tremp. Cognate with Dutch trampen (“to stamp, kick, step”), dialectal German trampen (“to step, walk, tread”), whence commoner German trampeln (“to trample”). Probably related to trap.

Phrases

  • ocean tramp
  • railroad tramp
  • rubber tramp
  • saddle tramp
  • tramp ant
  • tramp art
  • tramp chair
  • tramp data

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