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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2017

tramp /træmp/ USA pronunciation v.

1. to walk with a firm, heavy step (on or through);
   march;
   trudge: [ no object ] soldiers tramping through the streets. [
   + object ] to tramp the streets.


2. to walk steadily: [ no object ] He tramped through the streets looking for a job.

n. [ countable ]

1. the act of tramping: [ usually singular ] the tramp of the soldiers.


2. one who travels about on foot, living on occasional jobs or gifts of money or food.


3. Sex and Gender a woman regarded as behaving immorally, esp. a prostitute.


4. Nautical, Naval Terms a freight vessel that does not run regularly between fixed ports.

tramp•er, n. [ countable ]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2017

tramp (tramp), USA pronunciation v.i.

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.

v.t.

1. to tramp or walk heavily or steadily through or over.


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


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


4. to travel over as a tramp.


5. to run (a ship) as a tramp steamer.

n.

1. the act of tramping.


2. a firm, heavy, resounding tread.


3. the sound made by such a tread.


4. a long, steady walk;
   trudge.


5. a walking excursion or expedition;
   hike.


6. a person who travels on foot from place to place, esp. a vagabond living on occasional jobs or gifts of money or food.


7. a sexually promiscuous woman;
   prostitute.


8. a freight vessel that does not run regularly between fixed ports, but takes a cargo wherever shippers desire. Cf. cargo liner.


9. a piece of iron affixed to the sole of a shoe.

tramp′ er, n.
tramp′ ish, adj.
tramp′ ish•ly, adv.
tramp′ ish•ness, n.

• 1350–1400; Middle English trampen to stamp; cognate with Low German trampen; akin to Gothic ana-trimpan to press hard upon. See traipse. trample

• 17. See corresponding entry in Unabridged vagrant, bum, hobo.

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tramp / træmp / vb

1. ( intransitive ) to walk long and far; hike


2. to walk heavily or firmly across or through (a place); march or trudge


3. ( intransitive ) to wander about as a vagabond or tramp


4. ( transitive ) to make (a journey) or traverse (a place) on foot, esp laboriously or wearily


5. ( transitive ) to tread or trample

n

1. a person who travels about on foot, usually with no permanent home, living by begging or doing casual work


2. a long hard walk; hike


3. a heavy or rhythmic step or tread


4. the sound of heavy treading


5. Also called: tramp steamer a merchant ship that does not run between ports on a regular schedule but carries cargo wherever the shippers desire


6. slang chiefly US Canadian a prostitute or promiscuous girl or woman

Etymology: 14 th Century: probably from Middle Low German trampen ; compare Gothic ana-trimpan to press heavily upon, German trampen to hitchhike

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