tramp has definitions from the fields of transportation,nautical,sexuality
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[ verb ] travel on foot, esp. on a walking expedition

Examples

"We went tramping about the state of Colorado"

Used in print

(Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)

He tramped out of the Miners_Rest with his hopes plummeting , and headed doggedly for the Palace_Saloon , the last place of any consequence on this side of the street .

Related terms

hike sport hiker

2
[ noun ] a disreputable vagrant

Synonyms

bum hobo

Examples

"a homeless tramp" "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"

Used in print

(Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)

It is not having his baby nestled warm and fat against your breast and it is not having somebody that really gives_a_damn whether some tramp cracks your skull .

3
[ noun ] a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)

Synonyms

tramper hiker

Related terms

pedestrian backpacker hike

4
[ verb ] cross on foot

Examples

"We had to tramp the creeks"

Related terms

traverse hiker

5
[ noun ] a heavy footfall

Examples

"the tramp of military boots"

Related terms

footfall

6
[ noun ] (sexuality) a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex

Synonyms

swinger

Related terms

libertine swing

7
[ noun ] (nautical,transportation) a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule

Synonyms

tramp_steamer

Related terms

steamer

8
[ verb ] walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

Examples

"Donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle around a gin" D.H. Lawrence

9
[ verb ] move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

Examples

"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"

10
[ noun ] (transportation) a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure

Synonyms

hike

Related terms

walk trudge

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